Two men accused of stealing a washer, dryer and other appliances from a St. Petersburg home this afternoon caused two car crashes as they fled from deputies, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 11, 2009

Two separate car crashes have prompted authorities to temporarily close a section of Missouri Avenue at Ponce De Leon Boulevard in Largo, Largo police said. ...more

January 14, 2009

Florida lawmakers soon will consider bills that would allow law enforcement officers to pull over drivers for not wearing seat belts and to stop new teenage drivers from carting their young pals around. ...more

December 3, 2008

Two road-safety proposals will soon be under consideration by Florida lawmakers. House Bill 1 comes this year from Republican Rep. Rich Glorioso, who wants to allow police officers to pull over drivers for not wearing seat belts. Democratic Rep. Kelly Skidmore, meanwhile, wants to stop new teenage drivers from carting their young pals around. ...more

December 2, 2008

Here was Pasco County detectives' mystery Sunday: How did a 26-year-old man wind up naked, unconscious and bleeding inside a car at a used car lot? ...more

October 6, 2008

Nearly all parents fear the day when their 16-year-old son or daughter drives solo for the first time. In this car-loving society of ours, the driver's license is the ultimate rite of passage. ...more

September 15, 2008

(Note to some animal-rights activists who have contacted me about previous columns: In no way am I endorsing the act of striking an alligator or other reptile in the head with a stump or stump-like object. But, in defense of the actions of the aforementioned Mr. Moses, he was, as the song states, used as gator bait by his daddy and later had his left arm bitten off "clean up to the elbow.") ...more

September 7, 2008

More than two-thirds of young drivers and passengers killed in nighttime car crashes are not wearing seat belts - deadly proof of what can happen when young people do not heed parents' pleas and authorities' threats to "click it." ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - A new study ranks the Bay area worst out of 50 metro areas in the country for teen drivers. ...more

May 9, 2008

A 7-month-old girl is in critical condition after being ejected from an unsecured car seat during a crash Wednesday night in Winter Haven. ...more

February 7, 2008