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Rural Teen Drivers Are At Higher Risk
As an experienced Clay County accident attorney, it appears both teens were in violation of Florida's Safety Belt Law, in the recent pick-up truck accidenet near Green Cove Springs on S.R. 17; Nettles, the driver, failed to wear his seatbelt and Buckhalter, under 18 years of age, rode unrestrained in the bed of the pick-up truck.
Florida law requires the driver and any front seat passenger under the age of 18 to wear a safety belt. Additionally, minors under 18 years of age are required to wear a safety belt-no matter where they ride in a vehicle.
Not only are teen drivers ages 15 to 19 more likely than any other age group to be involved in a motor vehicle accident, but rural pick-up drivers are less likely to comply with safety belt laws. Although Nettles and Buckhalter fall into both high risk categories, violation of safety belt laws continues to be merely a secondary offense.
For More Information Please See:
Deadly Rural Driving: Safety Belts Save Lives
Risk Factors Teens Bring To The Road
Know The Law About Pick-up Trucks and Buckle Up
Accident attorney, Jeffrey Meldon, strongly believes that public education is the first step in the prevention of and/or recovery from a serious accident.
He and his Office take pride in their work, and in results they get for their clients.
The Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon and Associates is a regional law firm that is located in Gainesville, Florida. They are personal injury lawyers, litigators and trial lawyers that have been working to get accident victims the justice they deserve for over 37 years throughout North Florida and all over Florida. Accidents involving a car crash, truck wreck, and motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian accidents, dog bites, slip and falls and medical malpractice are all included in their practice as accident attorneys.
They have been proudly representing injured victims in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City, Inverness, Daytona Beach, Dunnellon, Palatka, The Villages, and the counties of Alachua, Marion, Columbia, Citrus, Volusia, Sumter, Putnam and the entire North and Central Florida since 1971.
For more information on how they can help you, or any other question you may have, feel free to contact their office at 1 800 373 8000
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