Back to School: Stay Attentive on the Road and Prevent Accidents
As the school year kicks off, our routines shift, and the roads become busier with school buses, young pedestrians, and parents rushing to drop off their kids. With this increase in road activity, it’s more important than ever to be attentive behind the wheel. For many, back-to-school season also means a spike in car accidents, leading to unnecessary injuries and life-altering consequences. The Impact of Distracted Driving Distracted driving remains one of the leading causes of motor vehicle accidents, particularly during the hectic back-to-school months. Checking your phone, adjusting the GPS, or even engaging in deep conversation can divert your ...
Fall Time Change Linked to Rise in Toronto Pedestrian Accidents
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] As Halloween approaches and the weather continues to cool, Toronto pedestrians enjoy the last weeks before the streets are covered in the frozen blanket of winter. Daylight Saving Time will end on 2am on Sunday, November 1, 2020, giving GTA residents a welcome extra hour of sleep for the upcoming work week. Unfortunately, the with that extra hour comes a price on the other end—added danger during the evening commute. Although the fall change backward seems to be less physically stressful than moving the clock forward an hour in the spring, it carries ...
Keeping Toronto’s Kids Safe as They Head Back to School
[column width="1/1" last="true" title="" title_type="single" animation="none" implicit="true"] As the temperatures start to drop and children return to school, the Toronto streets change. In addition to more traffic and congestion from children heading back to school, there are more pedestrians and bike riders on the roads. According to the Traffic Injury Research Foundation (TIRF), children 5—14 are at the highest risk of being involved in a pedestrian accident. Their smaller stature makes them more difficult for motorists to see, and their impulsive movements make their actions unpredictable. Many of these pedestrians lack the judgement to keep themselves safe. Luckily, there are ...
Pedestrian Accidents: What Should You Know About Your Legal Rights?
Modernization has brought many changes along with it, and the most apparent one is on the way we live and how we go about doing our daily activities. Without any doubt, a vehicle have become the part and parcel of our daily routine, and all thanks to them we are able to carry on our work with more efficiency. But the sad side of the story definitely remains the number of road accidents that are on the rise with each passing day. Recent studies are revealing very shocking facts that there are thousands pedestrians who become victims of road accidents, ...
Failure to Yield Right of Way to Pedestrians
The roads and fast moving vehicles are made for our convenience and surely we have derived a lot of benefits by using this provision. Our life is indubitably becoming fast paced, and increased pressure on the accelerator is now part of our routine. But wait! If you fail to follow the traffic rules, you might have to face a lot of legal complications and one such problematic situation can be failure to yield right-of-way to pedestrians which, we are going to discuss in this article. In general perspective, the right of way comes into existence to avoid mishaps on the ...
A guy hit by an uncontrolled truck fortunately survived
Such a negligence! A guy was injured after being hit by a dump truck in Russia. That's amazing that the 65 years old driver managed to survive in this accident! We hope he will get better soon.