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Florida Today-October 6, 2009-Two men were being questioned in an apparent home invasion that left at least one person with minor injuries, according to Palm Bay Police. The break in occurred in the early evening at a resident at Lighthouse Point apartment complex just off of US-1 in Palm Bay, Brevard County, Florida. According to the article police stated several men, armed with knives and guns, made their way into the apartment and attempted to rob the occupants. Charges are pending and an investigation is ongoing.

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Florida Today-October6, 2009-Two people were injured after a pick-up truck struck a Brevard County Sheriff’s patrol car parked along US Highway 1 in Mims, Florida. Unfortunately the patrol car was pushed into pedestrians who had been in another motor vehicle that had been pulled over by the deputy sheriff. One of the victims was air lifted to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne while a second victim was air lifted to Orlando Regional Medical Center. The operator of the pick-up truck was taken to Parrish Medical Center in Titusville. The Sheriff’s deputy was no injured.

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AARP Bulletin-October 2009-Volume 50, #8-Recently a 22-year-old in South Carolina won a two million-dollar jury verdict after a dentist extracted all 16 of her upper teeth-13 of them by mistake. The Plaintiffs’ attorney says she now has trouble eating and covers her mouth in conversation. Dental implants will cost approximately $80,000 according to this attorney. Oddly enough the attorney for the dentist says his client is considering an appeal.

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Florida Today-September 15, 2009-One person was in critical condition recently after a single-vehicle roll over accident on Interstate 95 just south of the Garden Street exit in Titusville, Brevard County, Florida. Apparently, an adult male was ejected as a result of the accident and suffered serious injuries. The injured person was helicoptered to Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. I-95 in Titusville was temporarily shut down as a result of the crash according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

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Florida Today-September 10, 2009-Traffic was backed up along US-1 near Eau Gallie Blvd. in Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida as Melbourne City workers corrected a malfunctioning stop light. A larger, second, traffic jammed occurred when a minor two-car crash occurred just south of the US-1 and Eau Gallie intersection.

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Motorcycle Consumer News-October 2009-Harley-Davidson is recalling 1759 2009 FLTRSE3 motorcycles quipped with blade rear wheel accessory kits. Some wheels within the subject population underwent a secondary heat treatment process. As a result of this secondary heat treatment, these wheels may have a crack. As a consequence, if a crack is present, it could result in wheel failure during use possibly leading to a crash, which result in injury or death of the rider. Harley-Davidson dealers will remove the rear wheel and inspect the manufacturer’s code. Wheels with codes that indicate that they underwent a secondary heat treatment process will be replaced. Wheels that do not have the suspect code will be re-installed. This service will be provided performed free of charge. Owners may contact Harley-Davidson at 414-343-4056. NHTSA Campaign ID#: 09V267000

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Motorcycle Consumer News-October 2009-EPL Enterprises is recalling 800 motorcycle helmets, 500 series sizes, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL manufactured between April and May of 2008. These helmets fail to conform to the impact attenuation requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard #218, “motorcycle helmets.” As a consequence, in the event of a crash, the helmet wearer may become seriously injured without adequate protection. As a remedy, the manufacturer will offer a full refund or replace any non compliant helmet with a helmet that meets federal standards. NHTSA Campaign ID#: 09E045000

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Motorcycle Consumer News-October 2009-BMW is recalling certain 2006 through 2008 R1200 GS motorcycles manufactured between August 2006 and January 2008. The sealing of the fuel pump control unit housing might be insufficient and water could intrude into the control unit housing, causing a humid atmosphere. Under such conditions, the fuel pump could corrode and fail. As a consequence, failure of the fuel pump will cause inadequate fuel to reach the engine and cause the engine to stop running. A loss of engine power without warning could increase the risk of a crash. Owners may contact BMW at 800-831-1117. NHTSA Campaign ID# 09V319000.

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Motorcycle Consumer News-October 2009-October 2009 marked the introduction of the newly revised helmet performance standard of the Sneel Memorial Foundation. The Sneel M2010 Standard incorporates of a number of significant changes over the M2005 Standards. One of the changes effective with the Standard is the reduction of the allowable impact level from 300 G to 275 G for helmet sizes XXXS, XXS, XS, S, M, and L. This number drops to 264 G for helmet size XL and to 243 G for helmet size XXL. This means in order to conform to the new M2010 Sneel Standard a helmet must prevent more of the impact force reaching the helmet wearer’s head than is allowed under the M2005 Standard. Another significant change is that head forms used during the drop tests are no longer the fixed 5Kg, regardless of helmet size. The Standard provides for head form weights in six graduated increments ranging from 3.1Kg through 6.1Kg for the different size helmets.

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Motorcycle Consumer News October 2009-The America Motorcycle’s Association Board of Directors adopted an official position on the issue of distracted driving and inattentive vehicle operation during it’s July 27, 2009, board meeting, according to a release issued by that organization. “Distracted or inattentive driving has become a major concern to the motorcycle community,” AMA Vice President of Government Relations Ed Moreland said. “For too many cases have been documented of motorcyclists being injured or killed as a result of other vehicle operators being distractive or inattentive.” As part of its official statement, the AMA supports legislation that includes enhanced penalty options for distractive and inattentive vehicle operation to be determined by the courts.

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