Miami Motor Vehicle Accidents Law Blog

With the longest coastline of any state, in addition to its lakes and rivers, Florida is known for its boater-friendly atmosphere. People come from all over to take advantage of our state’ gorgeous weather and water. Many Floridians are boaters; a survey by the U.S. Coast Guard in 2011 revealed the number of active boating households in the state to be in the millions.

Unfortunately, with the popularity of boating, also comes boating accidents. These accidents are the result of several factors including operating the watercraft under the influence of drugs or alcohol, using excessive speeds and just plain carelessness. When drivers are irresponsible, a fun, relaxing day on the water can turn into a nightmare.

You may be the safest driver in Miami and think that you are immune from being involved in a car accident. Maybe you obey ever traffic light, always check your blind spot and never go a mile over the speed limit. All of these measures are important and can certainly help you to stay safe, but as long as there are other drivers on the road, you are never going to be 100 percent safe. This is why it is important to take safety measures like wearing your seatbelt and driving defensively. 

Passengers in a car that by all accounts were doing their part to obey the laws of the road were involved in a fatal car accident recently. Although all four of the car’s occupants were wearing their seatbelts, one man and two women died on the scene, and one man was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The car’s occupants consisted of one married couple and a common-law married couple.

Despite numerous campaigns and efforts to promote motorcycle safety in the Miami area, there are still accidents. The cause of these collisions run the gamut from operating motor vehicles while impaired to just not paying attention to other motorists. Often times, drivers may not take the time to scan the roadway and make sure no one is coming before they proceed onto the roadway.

This seems to be the cause of a motorcycle accident that involved a pick-up truck in Florida. The two people riding on the motorcycle were killed when the driver of the pick-up truck failed to yield the right-of-way and turned his vehicle in front of them. Evidently the 40-year-old motorcyclist did not have time to stop and collided with the truck, ejecting both him and his 44-year-old wife from the bike. They both died on the scene.

Imagine sitting at a traffic light, waiting for the green signal when out of seemingly nowhere a boat engine crashes onto the hood and windshield of your car, pinning you inside. Sound like a car accident out of a fiction book?

This crazy scenario actually happened recently in Miami on Biscayne Boulevard, except for instead of one boat engine, it was two. Although it may have appeared to the driver that they fell from the sky, they actually were pushed off the back of a tractor trailer when the truck went under an overpass. The boat engines were too tall to fit through and caught the top of the underpass when the truck attempted to go under.