Whether the incentive is health, cost savings, or just fun in the great outdoors, more and more people are taking to the road on two wheels. Riding a bike has a number of important benefits, from providing a strong cardiovascular workout to meeting new people to reducing gas consumption. If you are thinking about taking…

Depending upon the circumstances, hitting a parked car may cause more embarrassment to the errant driver than damage to either vehicle. Of course, hitting a parked car while traveling at the posted speed may cause thousands of dollars in property damage and injuries to occupants of either vehicle. Knowing what to do when involved in…

When they were first introduced by the pharmaceutical companies that invented them, the new class of opioid pain medications was touted as game-changers. Drugs that were powerful, effective, long-lasting, and most importantly non-addictive. Over time, however, the reality of the situation became clear. And by that time millions of innocent users had already become unwittingly…

When it comes to the use of opioids, including illegal drugs like heroin and legal ones like the powerful new class of painkillers, many people focus on the immediate risks, namely the dangers of a deadly overdose. In many ways this intense focus on immediate danger makes a lot of sense – after all tens…

After being injured as a result of the negligence of somebody else, you might be struggling with medical bills. That’s precisely the position that the opposing insurance company wants you to be in. You need relief from all of that pressure and that insurer can help you get that. However, it’s unlikely that accepting a…

Drivers who are the cause of a blind spot accident don’t expect another vehicle or person to be in their way. They just don’t see them because their full field of vision is usually blocked by part of their own vehicle. It might be blocked by a pillar next to the windshield, a pillar between…

Many people often assume that a sidewalk is consistently safe to walk on and well-maintained to prevent injury. However, a large crack, a layer of transparent ice, or unevenness on the surface can cause a person to trip and fall. A majority of slip and fall accidents don’t result in any serious injuries, but some…

A back and neck injury can cause excruciating pain and be extremely detrimental to physical and mental well-being. In addition, back and neck injuries can have a cascading effect, causing pain throughout the entire body and hampering mobility to extreme levels. The neck and back are crucial to protecting the spinal cord, the fragile set…

The Tampa Bay area has once again been ranked as one of the fastest growing places to live in the United States. Unfortunately, Tampa Bay, Florida, also ranks as the seventh deadliest metropolitan area in the nation in terms of pedestrian fatalities; and the city of Tampa took 31st place on a list of cities…

According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 713 pedestrians died and another 6,334 were injured when struck by vehicles in 2020. The data so far for 2021reveals the death and injury rates to be slightly ahead of last year when the state had the second-highest number of pedestrian deaths in the…