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Fort Walton BeachLegal Blog
Is the deck stacked against you in the one-leg stand test?
When a Fort Walton Beach police officer pulls you over, he or she may suspect you of impairment but will need to gather enough evidence to provide probable cause for an arrest. Evidence usually includes the officer’s observations of your behavior and appearance, a...
Texting isn’t the only form of dangerous distracted driving
The media, the police and lawmakers all warn people to stop texting while driving because it’s dangerous and causes accidents. It’s true that texting and driving definitely takes your mind off what you should be doing, takes your hands off the wheel and your eyes off...
Whether someone is drunk isn’t always measured by BAC
You may be like many others here in Fort Walton Beach who think that as long as a person’s blood alcohol content is less than 0.08% then they aren’t drunk. While having a BAC of 0.08% or higher does make a person legally intoxicated, BAC levels below that percentage...
Could your diet make you vulnerable to a DWI arrest?
Did you vow to take control of your health this year? Did you make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight? If so, you may have done your research on different ways of eating to achieve your goals. Perhaps your research led to you to the Keto diet. Proponents of the...
The correlation between sleep apnea and truck driver fatigue
Have you ever forgotten the last few miles of your trip home when you were tired after a long day at work? This is one of the classic signs of fatigue, which can make driving dangerous. More than likely, you made it home safely—mostly because you didn’t have that far...
Social media is making an appearance in personal injury claims
You may have seen news stories across the internet discussing how family law attorneys warn their clients not to spend much time, if any, on social media during divorce and/or child custody proceedings. They give that advice because spouses are introducing evidence...
Smartphone addiction is real and frightening
Many times, when you hear about a distracted driving accident, the distracted driver laments that it was not worth doing whatever they were doing -- usually on the phone -- to cause the crash. You often hear of people texting a friend or checking social media. It felt...
How you can avoid a car accident
The car accident news stories are daunting. Every night, you can find plenty of examples of people getting into accidents they never expected. These are people just like you. They crash while driving to work, to school or to the grocery store. They never thought it...
Don’t trust memories; they change
You feel like you can trust your memories. They seem solid. They seem accurate. If you recount a past event to someone else, you trust what you're telling them.But should you? Probably not as much as you think. After all, scientists have found that memories usually...
Which is worse, drunk driving or distracted driving?
Drunk driving and distracted driving share a lot of characteristics. In both cases, the driver cannot fully concentrate on driving safely. In both cases, they can cause accidents that could otherwise have been avoided easily. In both cases, too, other people can...
