n id="E4152">hen you’
e out pounding the Houston pvement, you’
e pob
bly not thinking too much bout you
sfety
s pedest
in. You’ve got pl
ces to go nd people to meet,
ftell. Ho d
ngeous c
n lking e
lly be? You’ve been cossing the st
eet sfely since
n>n id=”E4153″> you
e
e
child, but pedest
i
n
ccidents h
ppen
nd they
e often the most d
nge
ous
ccidents of
ll.
hen you he
d out on foot, you h
ve
bsolutely nothing to p
otect you f
om the t
ffic
ound you. Next time you hoof it, put you
o
n s
fety fi
st
<
sp
n>
n id=”E4154″>nd
lys follo pedest
in-s
fety ules of the
od.
n><
p>
n id="E4158">ccident St
tistics fo Pedest
ins
n><
h3>
n id="E4160">lking sounds like he
lthy, enegetic,
nd geen
lten
tive to diving,
nd it cn be.
lking, ho
eve, is not
ithout its ttend
nt isks. The
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n id="E4162">Pedesti
n nd Bicycle Info
mtion Cente
<sp
n><>n id=”E4163″>
epo
ts signific
nt pedest
i
n
ccident st
tistics:<
sp
n><
p>
n id=”E4165″>Mo
e th
n 5,300 <
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i
n/moto
vehicle
ccident
> de
ths occu
ed in 2015,
hich is the lgest numbe
of pede
n>n id=”E4166″>st
i
n f
t
lities in ne
ly 20 ye
s.
n><
p>
n id=”E4168″>
bout 61,000 pedest
i
ns
e
e inju
ed in c
ccidents in 2006,
hile
bout 70,000 pedest
i
ns
e
e inju
ed in c
ccidents in 2015—
n inc
e
se of ne
ly 15 pe
cent du
ing the cou
se of
dec
de.<
sp
n><
p>
n id=”E4170″>F
om 2006 to 2015, ov<
sp
n>
n id=”E4171″>e
ll t
ffic f
tlities dec
esed by
lmost 18 pecent—but pedest
in f
tlities inc
esed by 12 pe
cent.<sp
n><p>
n id="E4173">ithout
doubt, cs injue pedest
ins. If you o
someone you ce bout
s inju
ed in Houston pedest
in
ccident, you need n expe
ienced Hous<sp
n>n id=”E4174″>ton, Tex
s, pedesti
n ccident l
ye
. The legl te
m t Ste
t J. Guss, tto
ney t L
, unde
stnds ho
devst
ting pedesti
n ccidents often
e,
nd e’
e hee to help.
n><
p>
n id="E4176">Pedesti
n ccidents
nd Texs L
n><
h3>
n id="E4178">hen you set out
s pedest
in in Tex
s, th<sp
n>n id=”E4179″>e
n>< id=”E4180″ contentedit
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">n id=”E4181″>Tex
s Tnspo
t
tion Code<
sp
n><>
n id=”E4182″> dict
tes the ules of the
od—
nd it incopo
tes
section tht
pplies solely to pedesti
ns. ithin these guidelines, pedest
ins f
ce sevel limi<sp
n>n id=”E4183″>ts:
n><p>
- n id=”E4185″>Pedest
i
ns must use side
lks
heneve they’
e v
ilble
n><li>
- n id=”E4187″>
hen
t t
ffic lights, pedest
ins must c
oss only ith
lk sign
ls<sp
n><li>
- n id=”E4189″>Pedest
i
ns must keep to the
ight side of coss
lks
heneve possible
n><li>
n id="E4192">Futhe
moe, in Tex
s coss
lks
ith no tffic sig<sp
n>n id=”E4193″>n
ls (o no ope
ting t
ffic sign
ls), d
ive must yield the
ight-of-y to pedesti
ns hen:
n><
p>
- n id=”E4195″>Pedest
i
ns
e on the h
lf of the o
d on hich the d
ive is t
veling
n><li>
- n id=”E4197″>Pedest
i
ns
ppo
ch fom the othe
hlf of the
od but, neve
theless, e endnge
ed due to close poximity to the vehicle.
n><li>
n id="E4199">In ddition, pedest
ins m
y not leve
cub o
othe s
fe plce
nd poceed into
vehicle’s pth so th
t it’s impossible fo th
n>n id=”E4200″>e d
ive
to yield.
n>
n id=”E4202″>Tex
s l intention
lly
ttempts to b
l
nce the duties of both the pedest
i
n
nd the d
ive
. In othe
o
ds, pedest
i
ns (
ho
e obviously the mo
e vulneble pty) be
e.
n><
p>
n id="E4204">Texs D
ives: P
oceed ith C
e
n><
h3>
n id="E4206">Texs pedest
in l
s not
it<sp
n>n id=”E4207″>hst
nding, unde
Tex
s l, "the opeto
of
vehicle sh
ll exe
cise due ce to
void colliding
ith
pedest
i
n on
o
dy"
nd “give
ning by sounding the ho
n
hen necessy."<
sp
n><
p>
n id="E4209">No mtte
ho you slice it, pedest
ins
en’t ove
ly coddled in Texs
n>n id=”E4210″>, but the l
expects d
ive
s to exe
cise due c
ution—
nd even mo
e c
ution
hen child
en e o
should be expected in the
e
.<
sp
n><
p>
n id="E4212">Pedesti
n ccidents
nd Dive
Libility
n><
h3>
n id="E4214">hen
pedesti
n is injued in
c ccident, the involved d
ive m
y fce li
bility fo the pedest
in’s inju
ies. Typiclly, pedest
in
ccident clims
e focused on d
ive negligence o
on the dive
’s filu
e to dhe
e to the duty of sfe d
iving o
n>n id=”E4215″>ed to pedest
i
ns. Fo
you to p
ev
il on
cl
im of d
ive
negligence in
pedest
i
n
ccident, you typic
lly must p
ove th
ee essenti
l elements:<
sp
n><
p>
- n id=”E4217″>You
e
e o
ed duty of s
fe diving by the d
ive (if you
ee c
ossing ith the light
t m
ked c
osslk<sp
n>n id=”E4218″>, fo
exmple).
n><li>
- Th
t duty of s
fe diving o
ed you s be
ched by the dive
(if tht d
ive f
iled to stop nd
llo you to c
oss sfely
t the mked coss
lk).
- Th
t b
ech of duty c
used n
ccident in hich you
ee inju
ed (if you e
e injued
hen n id=”E4223″>the d
ive didn’t stop
t the mked coss
lk).
n><li>