Florida weather is a boon to bicycle enthusiasts, who can often enjoy biking along trails, streets, and roads well after other parts of the country are covered in snow. However, not all areas of Florida are completely safe for bicyclists. Morton Avenue to in Jacksonville, for example, is considered to…
According to the National Fire Protection Association, more than 236,000 children were injured in bicycle accidents in 2007. Many of these injuries involved brain injuries. In fact, brain injuries were the leading cause of death from bicycle accidents. In many cases, these brain injuries would not have occurred if the…
Brooksville teenagers Justin White and Scott Avery were killed earlier this summer in separate bicycle accidents. The similarities between the two accidents have authorities asking the public to take another look at their bicycle lights. Both accidents occurred after dark and neither bicycle was equipped with lights. The Florida Highway…
Bicycle accidents claim many lives in Florida and across the country each year. Unfortunately, bicycle accidents have a tendency to be severe because bicyclists are often unprotected on a bicycle while drivers in cars are encased in metal. When a large truck or car hits a bicyclists it is inevitable…
Spring in Florida brings with it clear skies and warm days. Just around the corner, summer, with its days of ice cream and long nights is waiting. That means that both motorists and parents need to be alert to the fact that in a few short weeks children will be…
The state of Florida has a number of laws surrounding the bicycle, which in the state is legally defined as a vehicle. Florida attorneys, police officers, and doctors all agree that if more bicyclists adhered to the rules of the road, there would be fewer bicycle accidents on the roads…
The University of Florida Police Department has registered more than 30 000 bicycles, which is quite a considerable number for a campus with over 50,000 faculty, staff and students. Earlier this month, the University of Florida also worked to increase awareness about bicycle safety, to curb the bicycle accidents that…