Many people rely on New York City's sidewalks to get around, or at least to get to the subway station. Regardless, any time an individual walks on city streets, they are putting themselves at a certain level of risk simply because of all of the motor vehicles sharing the road. When a pedestrian is hit by a motor vehicle, it is important that they take action as soon as the accident happens. At the time of the accident,[...]
I recently took a ride in a friend's Toyota Prius in New York City and I noticed as the vehicle backed up there was a beeping sound from inside the car. That made me wonder, 'Why is the beeping sound inside of the vehicle? Shouldn't the sound come from the outside of the quiet hybrid car to alert nearby pedestrians instead of beeping inside the vehicle?' Apparently, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recognized the same concerns[...]
It's hard to walk even a few blocks in NYC without seeing scaffolding surrounding the outside of a construction site. Though scaffolding is common and necessary for many work sites, federal law requires that it must always be professionally installed and secured to assure every user’s safety. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Administration (OSHA) reports that 65 percent of the U.S. construction industry — 2.3 million workers, work on scaffolding as part of their normal work duties.[...]
Sidewalk falls are a scary but constant danger of living in New York City. Some of the hazardous conditions that can lead to falls are slippery walkways, broken sidewalks, broken surfaces on a parking lot, potholes, and icy and snowy walkways. In a perfect world property owners would keep their properties free of such hazards, but the reality is this doesn’t always happen. Too often, a property owner’s disregard for their property or general negligence leads to people[...]
Despite Mayor De Blasio's efforts in recent years to increase pedestrian safety in New York City, pedestrian involved accidents are still on the rise. This is especially astonishing considering the fact that overall, car accidents in NYC are decreasing. The number of pedestrian accidents in recent years has been increasing in recent years despite the steady decrease in car accidents! NYC has attempted to deal with the problem of pedestrian accidents by adding many bike lanes and pedestrian[...]
Millions of New Yorkers live in an area that doesn't require them to own motor vehicles because everything is in walking distance to their home or work. Unfortunately, pedestrian accidents happen all the time and may result in serious injuries or even death. Many of these accidents can be caused by driver negligence. On the other side of the coin, they may also be caused by the negligence of the pedestrian who simply wasn't paying attention. There are[...]
The year 2015 brought Mayor de Blasio's ambitious Vision Zero program into effect in order to eliminate pedestrian fatalities in the five boroughs. However, it was not as successful as originally predicted. New York City saw over 38,000 hit-and-run accidents in 2015, 48 of which resulted in catastrophic injury or death. The majority of the hit-and-runs, about 34,000 of them, caused property damage, and most of it was minor. But 4,000 hit-and-runs during the year injured people. That[...]
Fatal traffic crashes kill dozens of people in New York every year, and the circumstances surrounding the accidents are recorded by local, state and federal government agencies, as well as private organizations. Contributing factors such as time of day, age of the victims and other information are often used by these agencies to identify contributing patterns so that safety measures can be developed to reduce the deaths. This past year, it appears that none of the nationwide methods[...]
In an unfortunate blow to the City's campaign to make NYC's streets safer to pedestrians, took a hit yesterday when a 15-yr old girl in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was hit by a city bus while crossing a street on her way to school. The driver apparently failed to yield under the city's Right of Way Law. The Right of Way Law made failing to yield a misdemeanor last year. (CBS) The driver of the bus was arrested and charged[...]
We live in the age of technology. Now more than ever before, we can have the world at our fingertips. Our iPhones, iPads, tablets, mp3 players, e-readers and more have become as commonplace in today's society as it is to walk down the street. However, these devices can really effect how you walk down the street and what can happen as a result. Distracted walking is what many, especially in our own congested city of New York, are[...]
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