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May is Bicycle Safety Month, and the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) encourages bicyclists and drivers alike to share the road, obey traffic laws, and respect each other’s rights. At Fuicelli & Lee, we honor Bicycle Safety Month by sharing current data, safety tips, and encouraging awareness with a...

Out of the three types of distracted driving, the one that probably comes to your mind first is “Visual.” A visual distraction is described by anything that takes the driver’s eyes off the road. They say “perception is everything” – so what if you lose all perception for a couple seconds while operating a...

We all daydream. Whether it’s thinking about what you need at the grocery store or that vacation you’re taking next month, it’s a part of everyday life. But what does it do to our focus while driving? Unfortunately, cognitive distractions are almost unavoidable these days. With technology being a huge part of our modern...

Multi-tasking. We all do it. But there is one time you should never try to multi-task: when you are behind the wheel of a car. Your driving instructor probably told you “Keep your hands on the wheel and eyes on the road!” Thanks to all the many manual distractions we face while driving, that...

On February 4, 2021, at approximately 9 pm, Ariel Young, a 5-year-old Kansas City girl, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury, skull fracture, brain contusions, and subdural hematomas.  Ariel came out of her coma after 11 days and was released from the hospital on April 2.  Sadly, she cannot walk and is on a...

With April being distracted driving awareness month, you may be thinking to yourself, “I don’t get distracted while driving…do I?" You might be surprised to find out you do - and you might even engage in multiple types of distraction. Over the next month, we will dive into each of the different types of...