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9/20/2010
Jeffrey Meldon
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The Cost of Not Clicking It May Surprise You - Gainesville Accident Attorney Explains

Even though the number of U.S. traffic fatalities reached its lowest level since 1961, at 37,261 deaths, the economic cost of motor vehicle accidents remains astronomical.  Buckling up is the single most effective life saving tool-saving approximately 13,000 lives each year. 

In 2000, the cost of motor vehicle accidents totaled $230.6 billion!  To add some local perspective, the oil, tourism, and fishing industries in the Gulf of Mexico are estimated to earn $230 billion each year.  

Itemized crash costs include: $81 billion in lost productivity; $32.6 billion in medical expenses; and $59 billion in property damage.  Distributed to each person in the U.S-that's $820 per year. 

As an experienced accident attorney serving North Central Florida, I encourage all Florida drivers to buckle up before taking the wheel. When vehicle occupants don't wear safety belts, injuries received in a crash are much worse because the likelihood of ejection increases.  It costs 50% more to treat an unbelted vehicle occupant, than a belted one, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrations (NHTSA).

In 2004, the NHTSA estimated that failing to buckle up cost the U.S. $18 billion-roughly one month of the U.S.'s estimated GDP! 

Did you know the average cost for a critically injured car crash survivor is more than $1.1 million over a lifetime? Plus, in-patient rehabilitation costs for a survivor average $11, 265 per patient.

The bottom line: Do yourself and your neighbor a favor-buckle up-or it may cost us all.

For More Information: 

Congratulations Floridians! An Ocala and Gainesville Accident Attorney says, "Job well done!" 

Motor Vehicle Occupant Protection Facts (revised August 2008) 

Florida Law Regarding Child Safety Seats and Adult Seat Belt Use - Do You Know What It Says?

Good News - Flroidians are now buckling up at more than the national percentage!

 



Category: Car and Motorcycle Accidents

Labels: cost gainesvile accident attorney seat belts traffic fatalities



We at the Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon and Associates strongly believe that public education is the first step in the prevention of an accident or in the recovery from one.  

We are experienced personal injury attorneys, trial lawyers, negotiators, litigators, paralegals, and staff that have been proudly working to get accident victims the justice they deserve for over 30 years in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City, Inverness, and the rest of North Central Florida and North 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 our practice.

Based on Jeffrey Meldon's, founder of The Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon & Associates, over 30 years of helping accident victims get justice and a fair shake from the insurance companies, he has written the consumer guide book, Seven Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Florida Accident Case.  You can request your free, no obligation copy right now, or contact our office for your complimentary copy sent to you today.

Contact the Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon at (800) 373-8000 or (352) 373-8000 immediately if you have been involved in a serious auto, truck, or motorcycle accident.  We are in your community, have the experience and resources required to work towards obtaining a fair settlement for you - we are here to help you.

We proudly handle accidents that occur on all roads and in the areas including: I-75, I-10, I-95, U.S. Route 301, U.S. Route 441, State Road 40, State Road 26, State Road 24, Archer Road, Main St, and University Avenue.  Our law firm has  been representing accident victims in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City, Inverness, Palatka, Crystal River, Daytona Beach, Interlachen, Spring Hill, Dunnellon, Bunnell, Live Oak, Starke, Jasper, Cross City, Perry, Trenton,  Leesberg,  Lake Butler,  Tavares, Chiefland, Bronson, Brooksville, The Villages and the counties of Alachua, Marion, Columbia, Citrus, Volusia, Sumter, Levy, Lake, Bradford, Flagler, Hamilton, Dixie, Gilchrist, Union, Hernando, Suwannee, Union, and Putnam, and, since 1971!



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