Author: Stephen K. Brooks
Author: Stephen K. Brooks
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Halloween is right around the corner! We’ve only got a little more than a week before it’s time for the creepiest, crawliest holiday of the year. Before you don your costumes and hit the streets in search of candy, here’s a few facts you might not have known about Halloween. 1. Halloween Is the Real…
Inside Look By Brooks: “Brooks’ Halloween Bash 2018” Amanda-Jo Nicholson of the Winter Haven Chamber of Commerce joins us today to discuss our upcoming Halloween Bash 2018! For the date (Oct. 25), details, and more, check out this Friday’s Inside Look by Brooks! Join Steve Brooks, managing partner of Brooks Law Group, every Friday at…
We know them as the giants of the road — semi-trucks. We see them on every street and highway in America, transporting the goods we need to keep our businesses and lives going. But you’ve also heard the horror stories of good people losing their lives in terrible truck accidents. While we know trucks are…
On Thursday morning, a veteran bus driver sent four high school students to the hospital after a rear end collision with a semi truck. For Bernard Gant, the driver, the second chances finally ran out after his 11th preventable crash since becoming a driver over two decades ago. For many of us, putting our children…
Halloween Bash 2018! It’s almost that time of year again! The heat may not have left us yet, but Halloween is right around the corner. We’re happy to announce this year’s Halloween Bash, hosted by Brooks Law Group. The Halloween Bash is an annual event our office holds in partnership with the Winter Haven Chamber…
Our country relies on the hard, often thankless, job of farmers and farmworkers. The sprawling fields full of crops help ensure that we have the food we need as a country to thrive. The agricultural industry has to fight pests and pervasive weeds to nurture their crops from mere seeds to the fully-grown product we…
As far as scary two-word phrases go, medical malpractice has to be near the top. Every year, millions of Americans rely on their healthcare professionals to provide them with the care needed to fix their ailments. Our doctors, nurses and specialists went through many, many semesters of rigorous schooling, and they have years of experience…
Inside Look By Brooks: “The Truck Crash Epidemic” In 2016, more than 4,300 people were killed in accidents involving commercial trucks. As our technology has increased, our passenger cars have gotten safer and safer, yet our truck crashes continue to increase. What is causing this problem? For decades now, the NHTSA has been slow to…
Recently, we’ve focused much of our attention on the topic of semi truck accidents. As our previous articles have revealed, we appear to be in the middle of a truck crash epidemic. Although increases in technology seem to have made our passenger vehicles safer, deaths from commercial truck crashes have continued to increase in recent…
In 2016, there were more than 4,300 deaths in accidents involving commercial trucks. That’s a 28 percent increase from 2009. We’re in the middle of a truck crash epidemic. Our passenger vehicles have continued to grow safer as technology advances, yet our semi trucks remain stagnant. Crash avoidance technology is not new. Most cars today…
This is part one is a series where we investigate the chain of events that led to the semi truck crash epidemic we currently find ourselves in. In 2016, more than 4,300 people were killed in semi truck crashes. That’s a 28 percent increase from 2009. Technology is supposed to be making our roads safer,…
Recently, we looked at the future of self-driving cars on this blog post. If autonomous cars aren’t too far ahead, it only makes sense that commercial trucks would be going the same way. Currently, commercial truck driver is one of the most common jobs in our country. Our roads are filled with millions of big…
When it comes to dangers on the road, the risk of a truck accident tops the charts. Anytime that two vehicles collide, it’s very dangerous. When one of the vehicles is 20-30 times the size of the other, the stakes increase exponentially. Finding yourself the victim of a truck accident is overwhelming and can shake…
Have you ever spotted the runaway truck ramp signs as you cruise down a scenic route? Whenever I find myself in the mountains, it often feels like I can’t go a single mile without coming across these signs and accompanying ramps. As a child, I remember pleading with my dad to veer the family car…