| Though automobile accidents involving other autos | | | | crosswalk and allowing a pedestrian safe access is |
| or trucks are dangerous and frightening, an | | | | the right thing to do. |
| accident involving an automobile and a pedestrian | | | | Intersections are where most automobile |
| is often more injurious, often fatal, with the | | | | accidents occur because of the extra options |
| pedestrian coming up a loser every time. In an | | | | regarding ways to proceed. Drivers need to be |
| ongoing effort to be a safer driver, acute | | | | aware of not only traffic signals pertaining to |
| attention to surroundings, including sidewalks, | | | | themselves, but also of "walk" signals that assure |
| parking lots, and driveways, is of utmost | | | | pedestrians they are safe to cross the street. |
| importance. The consequences of inattention | | | | When taking a right after stopping at a "red", a |
| when pedestrians are present can be horrible, | | | | driver must make sure there is not a pedestrian |
| even deadly. | | | | taking the opportunity to cross the street at that |
| Drivers must always keep in mind the | | | | same moment. Peripheral vision and attention is |
| responsibility that goes along with the privilege and | | | | crucial in this situation. |
| ability to pilot an automobile or truck. Behind the | | | | Perhaps all drivers are still not aware that passing |
| wheel of a vehicle, it can be easy to feel | | | | a stopped school bus with its red "stop" sign |
| invulnerable, and compared to a pedestrian, you | | | | extended is against the law. The fine is extreme, |
| definitely are. No matter if a pedestrian is not | | | | and the danger of striking a child crossing the |
| observing the "rules of the road" and is putting | | | | street is undeniably high and completely avoidable. |
| him or herself in harm's way, drivers must | | | | No matter what pressing situation needs a driver's |
| remember that the overwhelming advantage in an | | | | attention immediately, passing a school bus can |
| accident falls with the automobile, and use all skill | | | | never be an option. Wait until the bus continues, |
| and ability to avoid contact with a pedestrian, no | | | | and then proceed around if possible. |
| matter who is in the "right". | | | | Adhering to these simple guidelines can help avoid |
| Crosswalks are essential exchanges for | | | | an automobile-pedestrian accident. Of course, a |
| pedestrians to safely cross roadways. Drivers | | | | driver should refrain from drinking alcohol when |
| must pay careful attention to crosswalks at all | | | | driving as judgment as well as reaction times are |
| times of day, because within their confines, | | | | impaired. It is essential to keep the road safe for |
| pedestrians have every right to feel safe and | | | | vehicles and pedestrians alike. Should an accident |
| protected. Many cities have taken pedestrian | | | | occur, after emergency agencies are notified, it is |
| safety to a higher attention level by issuing tickets | | | | advisable to contact insurance and legal |
| to drivers who ignore crosswalks by barreling | | | | representation as well, to keep all parties involved |
| through, putting citizens' lives at risk. Whether in | | | | protected. |
| order to avoid a ticket or not, stopping at a | | | | |