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Most pedestrian accidents, according to Branyan, happen because people jaywalk or drivers ignore existing traffic laws - which require, for example, yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk, heeding the speed limit and stopping at red lights. A pedestrian dies every 110 minutes in the United States, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and there has been an increase in the last few years in pedestrian deaths in Washington and other urban areas across the country, prompting governments in the D.C. metro area to launch a new advertising campaign aimed at increasing pedestrian safety. It is both "edgy and blunt...
Traffic safety engineers are developing new technologies to alert drivers to areas where pedestrian traffic is heavy at certain times of the day. St. Petersburg, Fla., for example, has installed motion detectors at some crossings where there are no traffic signals; when a pedestrian approaches, a squawkbox urges him or her to push a button before crossing, triggering high-intensity flashing lights that drivers can see some distance from the intersection. City officials credit the system with boosting driver compliance with crosswalk laws from 8% to 84%. Washington plans to install similar bilingual devices at some of its high-risk...
...Police Department spokesman Frank T. Pasquarello, Meyers was crossing the street at the corner of Mass. Ave. and River Street at around 6:45 a.m. when he was struck by the rear tire of a Shaw’s tractor trailer, which dragged him 160 feet. Pasquarello said the driver of the truck was “very distraught” after the incident. As of Tuesday, no charges had been pressed against Shaw’s. The grocery store chain, which has several Cambridge locations, did not return requests for comment Thursday. Gerald E. Zuriff, a psychiatrist who will...
...Lamborghini or a Ferrari? Peter Watt, Dearborn, MichiganYes, you will. I already designed a Lamborghini-It's a Murcielago Lamborghini. We designed a limited edition, which I love. I love cars. I wouldn't drive a Lamborghini, though, because I think I would be too dangerous as a driver...
...recent afternoon I was walking down Hamra, Beirut's old main shopping area, when a car pulled up alongside of me and the driver asked how I liked Lebanon. The place is still thriving, the snow-capped peaks, not a cloud in the sky, the shops full of the latest stylish clothes. It was fantastic, of course...