When Walking Turns Dangerous

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When Walking Turns Dangerous
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• The alternative to using a car is public
  transportation, bicycle riding, and walking.
  Unfortunately, there is only one freeway
  transportation and that is walking, unless you
  were gifted a bike. Walking is healthy for you
  and is a common form of transit. Walking can help
  reduce blood pressure and help keep your heart
  healthy.
• Many walks around the city as a form of exercise
  or tourists wanting to go sightseeing. Walking
  helps the environment and reduces the amount of
  traffic on the road. The problem with walking is
  that it isnt as respected as driving. In other
  words, drivers are selfish and only look out for
  other cars. They do not look out for pedestrians.

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• They are also very bad at looking out for
  motorcycles or bicyclist, but that is a whole
  other conversation.Pedestrians are to do their
  best to walk in designated areas. However,
  despite pedestrians following the right rules,
  they get hit anyway. In 2016 the Missouri
  Department of Transportation stated that 83
  pedestrians were killed.
• They stated that this equates to nearly 10 of
  traffic accident fatalities. People are getting
  hit and drivers are not changing their behaviors
  to look out for people. Although they did not
  state the common cause for getting hit by a car,
  the national statistics suggest that people who
  live in urban areas are more likely to be hit by
  a car than rural.

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WHAT HAPPENED

• Recently, there have been multiple news stories
  of pedestrians hit while walking in the travel
  lane on major highways. Clearly, these are
  examples of how not to walk on a roadway. You
  want to make sure that are walking a distance
  from the road. You have to consider if the car
  has to run off the road too because run-off the
  road accidents are the most common kind of car
  accidents in Kansas City.
• However, this news story of a man in his 70s
  does not involve walking along a major highway.
  Instead, the man was walking in his neighborhood
  when struck by a truck. Thankfully the truck
  driver stayed until authorities arrived.
  Unfortunately, after several attempts to sustain
  the person, the elder gentleman passed away.

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Hire An Attorney

• If you or someone you love has been hurt while
  walking then you need to reach out to pedestrian
  accident lawyer in Kansas City at Mayer
  Rosenberg, P.C. and schedule a free consultation
  today.

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