October is Pedestrian Safety Month: How to Prevent Pedestrian Accidents
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Understanding Legal Rights After Pedestrian School Zone Accidents
As a parent with a child injured in a pedestrian school zone accident, it is essential to understand your legal rights as well as the legal rights of your child to secure medical care, protect your family’s financial stability, and hold all negligent parties accountable. An experienced child pedestrian accident attorney can support your family through this challenging time.
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Navigating a Personal Injury Claim After a Pedestrian Accident
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Pedestrian Accidents: Understanding the Statistics
How to Observe National Walking Day
- Go for a 30-minute walk.
- Find a new trail near you or walk around your neighborhood.
- Visit a local park or walk on your treadmill if the weather isn’t good.
- Take your dog with you on the walk. They need the cardiovascular workout too!
The Risk of Pedestrian Accidents
Walking has many benefits, including better cardiovascular health, maintaining a healthy weight, more joint flexibility, stronger muscles, and improved mental health. But there are risks too. When walking near motor vehicles, pedestrians do need to be aware of their surroundings.
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Who’s At Fault in Car-Runner Collisions?
There are many reasons that runners run on roads or sidewalks, rather than on trails. Women may not feel safe running on secluded trails for one and two, even people who run on trails often end up having to cross streets or complete part of their run on a sidewalk, parking lot or roadway. There are safety risks for runners whenever they run alongside motor vehicle traffic. Most runners have at least one story about almost being hit by a driver who didn’t see them, and many have actually been hit by a driver. The tragic reality is that a runner doesn’t stand much of a chance against a motor vehicle; car-runner collisions usually end very badly for the runner.
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