Pedestrian Injury

In today’s world often it is seen that the pedestrian’s walk on the road or cross the road with earplugs or headphones which, many times, result in accidents.  Most of the times they wear hoodies along with the headphones while listening to the music.

There are some tips provided by The Ontario Ministry of Transportation for pedestrian safety. Pedestrians are urged to always check for motorists before crossing and to cross only at intersections, whenever possible. Pedestrians should not use distractions while crossing a road like talking or texting on the phone and listening to loud music. They should not run across the road. They should press the pedestrian control device and wait for a minute or so before crossing the road and should NOT cross at a traffic control signal if the lights are amber, red, ‘don’t walk’ or advanced green for turning vehicles. Pedestrians who do not respect these ‘rules of the road’ may be found to have contributed to their own injuries, in the event of a pedestrian-motorist accident.

In a pedestrian-motorist accident, the most common cause of death is a fatal injury to the head or brain. Other minor injuries include fractured legs, arms, ribcage, feet and/or hands, sprains, Concussion etc. pedestrian injury lawyers can help you.

The Ontario Highway Traffic Act under section 144 defines certain laws pertaining to pedestrian right of way. Drivers turning right or left at an intersection must give the right of way to pedestrians to cross. Drivers entering a road from a private driveway or private road must give way to pedestrians on the sidewalk. At a pedestrian crossover, if a pedestrian is crossing the driver is obligated to stop and not continue driving until the pedestrian has fully crossed. Drivers cannot pass other vehicles within 30 meters of a pedestrian crossover.

Pedestrians always have the right of way. Even when they cross at from the middle of the road or from any other crossway which is not meant for pedestrians, it is driver’s responsibility to drive with care. In many cases of these pedestrians crashing with motorists, a pedestrian who is hit badly or his family can claim for 'no fault' benefits of the accident with the help of your automobile insurance policy or under the policy of the driver who is at fault in these cases you should hire pedestrian injury lawyers.

In case you desire to get a claim for disability benefits if the accident from your (or the faulty rider’s) insurance company, you should contact and take help from your insurer immediately or within 7 days from the date of accident an contact to pedestrian injury lawyers.