Local news agencies reported that the California Highway Patrol troopers responded to two different accidents last weekend that unfortunately claimed the lives of two pedestrians. According to the official memo issued after the first accident, a 27-year-old jogger was running at about 6:30 in the morning on Friday when a 1999 Toyota traveling on Jamestown Road hit her. The jogger was from Sonora, reports show. The second accident report indicates that a pedestrian was fatally wounded when a driver failed (read more)
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30
Oct
2012
CHP Responds To Two Fatal Pedestrian Accidents
A distraction led to an accident that happened in Lakeland Village, reports show The California Highway Patrol responded to the scene of the accident after a puppy inside of a Ford Taurus distracted the motorist driving on the northbound lanes of Grand Avenue. According to the official report, the puppy got under the pedals of the vehicle, which caused the driver to focus her attention on the puppy and not on the road. As a result, the driver swerved the (read more)
Read MoreMultiple news agencies have revealed that an accident that happened on the eastbound lanes of the Interstate 10 claimed one life. The accident report issued by the California Highway Patrol indicated that a pedestrian may have walked into the traffic just east of Highway 62. The victim was hit by a car and was declared dead at the scene. The accident happened in Riverside County before 1 p.m. today. At this moment, the authorities are investigating the occurrence. The causes (read more)
Read MoreThe California Highway Patrol reported recently that a special pedestrian safety awareness operation was held Monday morning. The reports revealed that four motorcycles and one patrol car kept watch on a crosswalk at the corner of Guinida Lane and Gilbert Street in Westminster. One of the officers, dressed in pedestrian clothes, would attempt to cross while vehicles would simply run pass him. According to the troopers, drivers seem to always be in a rush and they never really think about (read more)
Read MoreThe elderly know that driving can become extremely difficult with age but a new study shows that the elderly may be even more vulnerable while walking on the sidewalk. According to a recent article, several researchers gathered data regarding auto accidents and pedestrian accidents and what they discovered may be quite surprising. In the United Kingdom, for an instance, researchers found that 70-year-old pedestrians and older are actually much more likely to become injured in an auto versus pedestrian accident (read more)
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15
Aug
2012
Pedestrian Killed In Crash On Calle Verde
Several news agencies have revealed that a woman from La Mesa and a friend were attempting to cross the street when a Chevrolet Express 3500 hit both of them on Calle Verde at about 6:30 in the evening. Although emergency crews arrived at the scene right away, the woman unfortunately succumbed to her injuries and died at the scene. The second victim, a 77-year-old was taken to the hospital for treatment. The California Highway Patrol revealed that the woman was (read more)
Read MoreMultiple news agencies have revealed that General Motors along with other car manufactures are beginning to implement new safety features. According to the news, safety features thus far have emphasized the safety of the driver and passengers in a vehicle. New pedestrian safety features implemented by GM, however, work to protect another sensitive groups: pedestrians. The new pedestrian safety system will help drivers to be aware of obstacles while on the road. Safety advocates are confident this new feature will (read more)
Read MoreAccording to a series of articles, state and local officials are at a loss as to how to quell the rapidly increasing rate of distracted pedestrians who are reportedly being injured in incidents caused by their distractions each year. Several states have passed bills or included signs along roads to help pedestrians avoid causing injuries and wounds to themselves or others while using hand-held electronic devices, but such efforts haven’t been extremely successful. Pedestrians continue to injure themselves while focusing (read more)
Read MoreOfficials have been increasingly concerned with a growing trend: texting and walking. According to a series of news agencies, citizens have been wandering into on-coming vehicles, ditches and even strolling bears while staring into that device of wonders: the cell phone. The danger has become increasingly great since officials revealed recent data regarding the number of accidents related to distracted pedestrians. Reports showed that an estimated 1,152 individuals were rushed to emergency rooms during the year of 2011 after running (read more)
Read MoreWhile allowing distractions to take your attention away from the road while you’re behind the wheel is a well known danger to drivers, causing several fatal collisions each year, distracted walking is now turning into a growing danger. Several videos of walkers falling and running into objects while using their cell phones to text have been posted on the internet and while the videos may be funny, reports of pedestrians caught in road traffic because of their distracted manners are (read more)
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