Florida Offers Motor Vehicle Crash Reports Online

New Service Provides Public Quick and Easy Accessibility; Helps State and Local Agencies Reduce Costs and Improve Service

Soundbite and Script

February 1, 2012

ANNOUNCER:

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES IS OFFERING A NEW SERVICE THAT IMPROVES PUBLIC ACCESS TO CRASH REPORTS WHILE HELPING LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FILE, RETRIEVE AND ANALYZE THOSE REPORTS IN A MORE COST-EFFECTIVE, TIMELY AND ACCURATE MANNER.

BY GOING TO BUYCRASH DOT COM, INVOLVED PARTIES CAN PURCHASE AND IMMEDIATELY RECEIVE AN OFFICIAL COPY OF THEIR CRASH REPORT AND ELIMINATE THE TIME AND TRAVEL EXPENSE OF GOING TO THE LOCAL POLICE AGENCY AND STANDING IN LINE FOR IT.

COURTNEY HEIDELBERG IS COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES:

COURTNEY HEIDELBERG, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, FDHSMV:

“The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is always looking for ways to improve the ways we do business whether it’s creating efficiencies, enhancing the services we provide the customer, improving safety and so forth. Through this new service the department provides a convenience to customers by offering crash records online.”

ANNOUNCER:

FLORIDA IS THE FIFTH STATE TO OFFER CRASH REPORTS ONLINE AT BUYCRASH.COM, JOINING GEORGIA, INDIANA, KENTUCKY AND NEBRASKA. I’M LEE SHEPPARD.