Car & Vehicle Accidents

Florida DUI, criminal defense, and personal injury, explained by a forensic lawyer-scientist and former public defender. Celebrity cases, courtroom strategy, and the science behind the evidence, in plain English.

Rory Safir

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of a handful of ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.

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The Same Fall, Four Different Injuries: New Pages on Hips, Knees, Shoulders, and Wrists

The same fall breaks a hip at seventy, a wrist at thirty five, and a kneecap at fifty, and the insurance company has a playbook for every one of them....

Hit by an Unlicensed Driver in Florida? A New Law Just Changed the Picture

One of the roughly ninety new Florida laws that took effect on July 1, 2026, is aimed squarely at a problem many injured drivers already know too well....

The Evidence That Wins a Florida Truck Accident Case Disappears Fast

A crash with a fully loaded tractor trailer is not just a bigger version of a car accident, and treating it like one is how injured people leave the real case on the table....

The Black Box in Your Car Knows What Happened. Here Is How a Crash Gets Reconstructed.

The other driver's story often changes between the roadside and the insurance claim, and by the time an adjuster is on the phone, a clear rear end or a plain failure to yield has somehow become your fault....

Hurt in an Uber or Lyft Crash in Florida? The Coverage Depends on One Thing

A rideshare crash is not an ordinary car accident, because the moment an Uber or Lyft is involved, who pays for your injuries turns on a corporate insurance structure the companies built to control what they owe....

The Quiet Deadlines That Decide Florida Crash Claims

Nobody plans to need a guide about car crashes. If you're reading this, the wreck has probably already happened. Maybe your car is in a tow yard. Maybe you walked away feeling fine, and this morning your neck told a different story....

Celebrity DUIs Get the Headlines. Here Is What Florida Law Does for the People They Hit

The headlines arrive in waves. A singer here, an athlete there, another mugshot, another DUI arrest making the rounds online....

What to Do After a Car Accident in Florida (and the 14-Day Rule That Trips People Up)

The choices you make in the first hours and days after a crash can shape both your recovery and any claim you bring, and Florida has one deadline in particular that catches people off guard....

How Much Is My Car Accident Case Worth in Florida?

It is the first question almost everyone asks after a crash, and the honest answer is that no one can hand you a number on day one. Anyone who promises a figure before the medical picture is clear is guessing....

Florida Motorcycle Accidents: No PIP, No Injury Threshold, and the Helmet Myth

A motorcycle crash is not just a car crash on two wheels, and a rider's legal situation is meaningfully different in Florida, in ways that can cut for the rider....

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