6 articles on "crosswalk"

When Does A Pedestrian Have The Right of Way?

Pedestrians being hit by automobiles is a serious problem and it is especially prevalent here in the United States with somewhere between 65,000 and 75,000 injuries from pedestrian-vehicle collisions each year, and around 5,000 deaths. Many of these ...

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People In Crosswalks Are At Risk Of Being Hit By A Vehicle

Crosswalks are meant to provide a safe area for pedestrians. They are supposed to give pedestrians a definite right of way. They are supposed to signal to drivers an area of the road where they have to use caution. They are usually clearly designated...

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Elderly Woman Endures Fractures As A Pedestrian And Recovers $300,000

It is simply amazing the way in which individuals can try to absolve themselves of responsibility in cases when they are plainly at fault for having caused an accident. For example, look at one reported matter in which a 71 year old female was the v...

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Automobile Accidents Affecting Pedestrians In Crosswalks

So you try to only cross a street at a marked crosswalk. Imagine if only there were a guarantee that drivers would follow the rules and grant pedestrians in a crosswalk the right of way. It is not uncommon for lawyers handling claims resulting from m...

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Pedestrians In Crosswalks Are At Risk Of Being Hit By A Motor vehicle

Are you safe by adhering to the rules and using a crosswalk to cross the street? You you make sure that you cross a street at a marked crosswalk. Imagine if only there were an assurance that drivers would keep to the rules and give pedestrians in a c...

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71 Year Old Suffers Several Fractures In Motor Vehicle Accident And Gets $300,000

It is truly incredible how in which people can deny blame in cases when they are clearly the reason the accident occurred. For example, look at one reported case in which a seventy one year old female was struck in a a motor vehicle accident. The wo...

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