We woke up this morning to find that the electric scooter rental invasion has reached St. Lucie County! If you’ve been to cities like Atlanta or Miami recently then you have seen them before. Technology companies like Bird and Lime (and now “Spin” here in Fort Pierce) have placed thousands of rental electric scooters across hundreds of US cities. We’ve …
We’ve written about distracted driving in the past. According to statistics published by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, in 2018 in St. Lucie County (Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie) there were more than 1,000 distracted driving accident with 19 of them resulting in incapacitating injuries. Of all the potential distracted driving behaviors (eating, unsecured pets, …
According to a report recently released by Smart Growth America, almost 50,000 people were killed across our country during the past 10 years while doing an activity we all perform daily, walking. That is more than 13 people killed per day in pedestrian accidents! The problem is getting worse and these fatalities have increased by 35% over the same time …
It seems that every day we are reading in our newspapers about deadly auto accidents here on the Treasure Coast (Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Stuart). Any loss of life in a car accident or otherwise is a tragedy, but some during 2018 here in St. Lucie County have been especially horrific. None will forget the multiple fatality …
You’ve probably seen the headlines. Riders on electric scooters are having accidents, suffering serious injuries and being admitted to hospitals in record numbers. Technology companies like Bird and Lime have placed thousands of scooters across hundreds of US cities. Not surprisingly, people are being injured. Types of injuries which can occur in an electric scooter accident can include severe head …