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Always use the crosswalk. That is what we are taught from a young age, as if a crosswalk is a magical thing that can protect us from all harm. As pedestrians, all we can do is follow the rules of the road and pray. All too often, that isn’t enough.

It isn’t only drivers who need to be nervous on New Year’s Eve. Actually, it isn’t even New Year’s Eve people should be worried about. Data from the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration details that it is actually New Year’s Day itself that is the most dangerous day to

Parks are supposed to be open to everyone. Children play in them. Couples walk through them holding hands. People have parties and barbeques and other get-togethers at them. A great park is an important part of any community, and no park is more famous than Central Park. Because of its

Pedestrian safety is extremely important, which is why our parents prioritized teaching us the rules of the road. Our parents taught us which side of the street to walk on, how to look both ways before crossing the street, and the importance of traffic lights and crosswalks. But just because

Good news came out of Columbia University in May, when a study from the Mailman School of Health revealed that New York City’s Safe Routes to School program was extremely successful, reducing accidents and saving the city, its medical system, and the people of New York hundreds of millions of

Pedestrian versus car accidents occur in many parts of the county, and the number is not dwindling. At first glance either party could be to blame for a tragedy that could have otherwise been avoided. In New York, it is beyond many of us that people take the chances they

Pedestrian accidents involve people who are not in a moving vehicle but may encounter a moving vehicle, such as in a hit and run case, or a car that jumps the curb while a person is waiting at a stop sign. Pedestrian accidents can also occur at a shopping malls,

Pedestrian accidents happen on a daily basis, in some of the least likely places in the city, to areas of town that gauge high on the danger zone. We like to think we’re safe when walking along the streets of New York heading to the local grocery store or window

A typical case arises when a motor vehicle strikes a pedestrian thereby causing serious injury. The questions that are usually raised are whether the operator violated any traffic statutes (e.g. traffic light, stop sign, or other traffic devices); whether the operator drove his vehicle with reasonable care (e.g. speed, road

Plaintiff pedestrian was crossing the street in a crosswalk with the light and pedestrian walk signal when struck by a by a NYC Transit bus as it was making a right turn. As the pedestrian was free from comparative fault and the defendant driver of the bus violated the NYC