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| When looking left or right is not anymore safe.
Take a look at this scene: A woman crossing the street, looking
to her left then to her right. She was on her way crossing the
street, when a car, careening at top speed down the street, hit
her then went on its way, leaving the blooded woman sprawled on
the street, dead. Or this: A man hastily crossing the street
suddenly slipped and fell, in the way of an incoming vehicle. He
got hit, went flying a few feet, then landed, battered but
alive, on the pavement, while the driver of the vehicle rushed
over and try to get help
These two scenarios are just some
examples of accidents that happen simply by crossing the street.
This is what is called pedestrian accidents. Road accidents
involving pedestrians account for more deaths and casualties in
the streets worldwide. In most cases, these pedestrians end up
dead or suffering serious injuries and damage when they get into
this kind of accident. Negligent and dangerous drivers are the
most commonly pointed causes of these accidents. The victims
either get hospitalization and money benefits are the usual
claims the victim gets. Sometimes these are not enough to
sustain for them. The most common casualties endured in these
accidents are brain injuries, bone fractures, paralysis and coma
and not to mention, death. Some pedestrians blame themselves for
getting into the accident in the first place. They feel that it
was their fault that they got hit by the vehicle. This is the
usual reaction that the victims have because they do not want
any further questions about what had happened. Some are even
willing to just settle for an amount agreed by both parties.
There are certain factors to be considered that may have led to
the accident. The more obvious one is the part of the driver.
Even though the fault is not entirely by them, it is still
considered negligence on their part. Other factors are the kind
of environment on which the accident occurred. It may be that
the street already has many faults defects, or the strategical
location of the event. Victims of these accidents tend to just
forget all about it once they have been given financial and
other kind of support. One thing they usually do not do is seek
professional assistance on persons that are experts on this
field. Getting the right legal advice would bring answers to
many questions the victim tend to forget about. It is only fair
that the right kind of action and solution to this problem
should be done in these cases. Because people are not anymore
safe, much so, as long as they are pedestrians.
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About the author:
The author got the flair for reading and writing when she
received a subscription of the school newsletter in
kindergarten. She got her first article published on that same
newsletter in the third grade.
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