Grant Smith: FCIR compiled data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission of all the boating accidents reported in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available.

Mc Nelly Torres: Las normas poco estrictas sobre equipo de seguridad y capacitación crean peligros en las famosas aguas del Estado del Sol.

Mc Nelly Torres: Lax regulations on safety equipment and few mandates for formal boating safety education have made the Sunshine State’s world-famous waters hazardous.

FairWarning: Even as more than 800,000 novelty helmets are sold in the U.S. every year, and as motorcycle crash deaths mount, federal regulators have never acted with urgency to crack down on novelty helmets.

Steve Miller: Of Florida’s 14 tower closures, four are at airports that received federal stimulus funds, including work for reconstructing and extending runways.

FairWarning: No criminal charges will be filed against billboard giant Lamar Advertising Co. despite evidence that company workers in Tallahassee over at least seven years secretly chopped down or poisoned trees to provide clearer views of its roadside signs.

FairWarning: Fatalities from motorcycle crashes have more than doubled since the mid-1990s. Yet if the biker groups’ lobbyists and congressional allies have their way, the federal government will be thwarted in its efforts to reduce the body count.

FairWarning: As long as there have been billboards, trees have been getting in the way. And billboard companies have been removing them — sometimes legally, sometimes not.

Howard Goodman: In a three-month investigation, the Sun Sentinel documented nearly 800 police officers from a dozen agencies driving at 90 mph to 130 mph on the region’s toll roads. Many times, they weren’t on duty — just commuting to and from work.

FairWarning: Billboard companies are moving aggressively to plant digital signs along U.S. highways and city streets. But debate persists on whether the eye-grabbing displays, which typically change messages every six to eight seconds, pose a risk to traffic safety.