Welcome to Hancock Injury Attorneys’ weekly collection of news stories related to car safety news and personal injury news. Here are five stories from around the internet that we thought were worth reading!
Breaking Bridges
CNN recently revealed their findings from an investigation that found that more than 60,000 bridges across the United States have been deemed structurally unsound. Many bridges in the US are in desperate need of repair. This is due to deterioration, corrosion and general wearing out. Over 200 million times a day, Americans are driving over these structurally unsound bridges that are almost at their breaking points. Are the bridges you drive over safe?
100 Deadliest Days
According to AAA, the stretch between Memorial Day and Labor Day is the “100 deadliest days” for teen drivers. For the last five years, an average of 1,022 teenagers died in those 100 days. That is over 10 per day.
National Safety Month
June is National Safety Month! The National Safety Council wants you to stay #SafeForLife. National Safety Month focuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the roads and in our homes and communities.
Florida Road Trip Vacations
Memorial Day marked the start of summer! That means it’s road trip season and Hancock Injury Attorneys have compiled a list of great road trip destinations around Florida. You could take multiple weekend road trips or even combine all the destinations into one huge vacation following the map below!
Car Ran Over Motorcycle
A Land O’ Lakes man with major road rage and a history of traffic offenses was charged with attempted murder after he ran over a motorcyclist’s bike, knocking the driver and passenger off the bike.