It is no ex
ggetion to sy th
t tfficccidents ve
itbly pl
gue the highys of the Big Esy. Eve
y dy, citizens
nd visitos to the C
escent city find themselves in thest
ong>nd ightening
cumst
nce of suddenly sustining ious inju st nd st ccidents involving c s, t cycles, bicycles, i t is ve decided to spend this blog post t bout the v ious types of t ffic t c ll tun O ns. By educ bout these h void getting into one. Of cou ve e em> suffe of O ns t ffic nd need leg n expe h /c inju l ne le c -c sh- ney/” t get=”_bl el=”noopene efe e O ns c c sh l fi phone c ch y. le ccident Ove LSU’s Cente lysis & ese ch in T nspo tion S h /d ts.lsu.edu/Se ch. nk” noopene efe e HUGE t tistics ccidents in Louisi . m bout c shes in Ne le ell, in O ns P ish, to be p t s 6,344 t ffic nd ound Ne le ecent ye fo hich d is il t nd 6,304 of them ies to d s, p s, i nothe ope m t le s . These TON of costs; em> by LSU’s estim some e ound $4,794 fo y licensed d in O ns P ish. Of cou ll of those doll s ke no mist nnu ccidents in Ne le MOUS. Let’s t close t the types of t h sy.Ne
T
ffic
ccidentst Inte
sections<h2>
One of the most stunning pieces of d
il
ble fom LSU is the f
ct tht mo
e thn h
lf<em> of
ll tfficccidents in Ne
Ole
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SHOCKING sttistic bec
use stte
ide, onlybout
thid of
llccidents h
ppent inte
sections ech ye
. I h
ve not foundn
nlysis of
hy tfficccidents in the Big E
sy hppen so <
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t intesections > th
n the st
teve
ge, but I suspect it h
s something to doith the city’s n
o, c
oded st
eets,lcohol use
mong dive
s,nd
ging city infstuctu
e tht m
kes getting ound eve-mo
e difficultnd f
usttingith e
ch pssing ye
.
ht kind of t
ffic
ccidents hppen
t NeO
lens inte
sections? To of the most common
e b
odside collisions
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ins. >
B
o
dside (.k.
. T-bone) Collisions<h3>
heeve
tffic lnes c
osst
ightngles, you c
nst
ong> involving one vehicleunning into the side of
nothe. In f
ct, in Ole
ns Pish, nely to-thi
ds of the intesection c
shes on city st
eets involvedside imp
ct,nd <
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dside collisions<>e
eesponsible fo
st
ong>section
ccidentsesulting in inju
ies.st
ong>,lthough these
e some high numbe
s, they e not especilly su
pising. Inte
sections enge
ous<st
ong><em> “points of conflict”
hee the intentions of d
ives, bike
s, cyclists,nd pedest
ins cl
sh. Tffic enginees spend thei
cees studying inte
sections to find ys to mke them s
fe. In
city like NeO
lens, ho
eve, it’s not
n option toedesign o
oveh
ul intesections. The n
ost
eetsnd histo
ic buildings don he
e don’tllo
fomuch physic
l chnge.
The llenges
onting
dive
pp
oching
n intesection in the Big E
sy include:vehicles, cyclists,
nd pedesti
nst the s
me intesection,
hich is not esy
t co
ded intesections
ithli>
ong>P edicting ong> the beh
vio
s of thoseo
d uses (
ssuming the dive
cn see them
tll)
ong>Follo ing ong> often confusing o
m
lfunctioning tffic signls (
nd hoping othes do the s
me)<li>
ong> n
lyzing<st
ong>hen it is s
fe to coss the inte
section.<li>
Guess
ht? D
ives often get those t
sks ONG.hethe
though lcohol use, f visibility, pl ecklessness
they misjudge
hetheit is s
fe to enten intesection,
nd then—bm—
bo
dside collision hppens.
The inju
ies fod
ives
nd pssenge
s in theseccidents N st the occup uck on its side, in p ticul , to suffe
ST
OPHIC INJUIES ong> like bin tumnd d
m
ge to thei l co st fte ll, unlike the occup t hit them, these occup ve
body m
tei
l<st
ong> septing them f
om the point of impct. Se
tbeltslso p
ovide only miniml p
otection in side-impct
ccidents. So,hen you
e behind the
heel in the Big Esy, T
KE CET INTE
SECTIONS, Y’ HE
?
Pedest i
n
ccidents<h2>
emembeho
I sid th
t cent st ccidents ies O ns inte o me does not hold t hen it comes to t inte t
lities ong>. In one
ecent ye
, the
ee
e 17 ft
litiest Big E
sy intesections, but only th
ee of them hppened bec
use of bo
dside collisions. The dt
does not sy ex
ctlyhy th
t is, butguess ong>. I bet it’s bec
use m
ny of those ft
lities involvedns
ong>.
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ND LOTS of people, especilly tou
ists, get ound the Cescent City on foot. Inte
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NGEOUS > pl
ces fo
them becuse, in
collision beteen
vehiclend
n unpotected hum
n body, thel
ys loses ong>. The <
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o
n into thei
nd/o
to the gound by
n impct
ithvehicle t
kes lives. Even ifpedest
in su
vivescollision
ithc
o
tuck, T OPHIC INJU st e f ctu nd spin d inju nd o n d ge c .Moto
nd Bicycle
ccidents<h2> e’s some “good” ne st el moto nd bicyclists <
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> in Ne O ns du ecent ye fo hich st v ble ( l ys the c he n eve iding o ized o l-po ed, still comes ISKS. Getting into ccident on ns
t speed,
ithn unfo
givingly hd object osu
fce like, s
y,vehicle,
o
d, o concete b
ieo
sidelk.st
ong>, in tun, t
nsl
tes intohigh
isk of deth o
tumtic inju
ies like sevee o nd spin m es, thopedic inju st me just . Bike ll st ho sy’s n , c ded st lso h ith the
st
ong>p
ticul
ly insidious fo
m ofccident fo
to-
heeles th
t hppens
hen someone opensvehicle doo
diectly into thei
tvel lne. This bike s
fetyebsite lists<
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ee NeO
lens doo
ing deths >, but I
ould bet you th
t hundeds of these <
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eide
s<> evey ye
in the C
escent City. Oust
eets e just too no
nd too c
oded fo
theseccidents not to h
ppen.n
e shouldn’t ty to p
event them, hoeve
<st
ong>. Motoists c
n do theip
t to p
otectide
s by implementingsimple ch
nge in hothey
ech fo
theidoo
hndle. It’s c
lled the <h
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ech >,
nd
ll it mens is to
ech
coss you
body fo dooh
ndle,hich fo
ces you to tun you
toso in
y tht m
kes it esy to look to see if opening you
dooould ce
te dly obst st .Comme
l Vehicle
ccidents<h2>
It is difficult fo
ucks
nd othecomme
cil vehicles to n
vigte m
ny of the steets of Ne
Ole
ns. Unfotun
tely, ince
singly they hve no choice. C
escent Cityesidents need p
ckges delive
ed,nd business o
nes need supplies
nd inventoy to keep thei
shelvesnd kitchens stocked.
s tuck t
ffic inc
eses, SO DO
CCIDENTS. <h
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get=”_bl
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">ccidents ong><> do not end
ell fo
the smlle
vehicle opedest
in involved. T
ucks e hevy
nd tll. In
collision, they inflictge ong>,
nd
hen they spill theic
go, they c
ete
huge mess (t the ve
y lest). e inju st ucks.Dist
cted D
ivingccidents
e’s something else th on’t shock you, I bet.
h
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s<> cuse
LOT of tfficccidents in Ne
Ole
ns. Even though textingnd d
iving is<h
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el="nofollo“> illeg
l in Louisin
<>, the the
t ofticket does not
lys stop Big Esy
esidentsnd visito
s fom <
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cted-d
iving-ccidents-f
cts” t
get=”_bl
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">sneking
peekt thei
phones<> behind theheel. Even though it should be cle
to EVE
YONE by noth
t it is bsic
lly IMPOSSIBLE to py
ttention tosc
eennd the
od
t the sme time, d
ives still t
ynd end up c
usingccidents th
t killnd inju
e othes.
I’m going to tell you something you might not h st s f lly
cting
s smtphones cn be fo
dive
s, they e by f not the only type of distction tht c
n led to t ophe
O
lens
ods. In f
ct, if LSU’s dt
is to be believed, dive
s, bikes,
nd pedesti
nsho get into
ccidents becuse of dist
ction h
ve hd thei
ttention d
ny f
om sfe decisions f
mo
e often by non-sceen-
elted f
ctos both inside
nd outside of vehicles thn they do by sc
eens. Likeh
t? Hobout tuning
ound to t
lk to kids in the bck se
t, oeching fo
something you dopped on the floo
, od
inking in the sightsnd sounds of Ne
Ole
nshen you step off of the side
lk inste
d of pying
ttention to tffic lightsnd
ppo
ching tffic? Ech of those tot
lly typicl beh
vios c
nmount to
ft
l distction. So, PY
TTENTION. Thee is
time to hve you
ttention d
ny f
omh
t’s hppening on the
od, but th
t sue is not
hen you e on theo
d.Help
fte
NeO
lens T
ffic
ccidents<h2>
I hope th
ven’t SC
ED you by my dig
essionsbout the types of t
ffic
ccidents in NeO
lens
nd thel c
lmities ong> th
t
ccompny them. Then
gin, I don’t mind p
ticul
ly if I h
ve given youlittle f
ight<em>, bec
uselthough I m
ke my living helping peopleecove
fom
ccidentl inju
ies, Iould l ys
efe
tht someone not suffe
t
gedy
nd need my sevices.
The unfo
tunte
elity is, ccidents do h st hen y ou void them. t occu ill find f st fight fo nd f compens n ienced Ne le ccident inju tto em>. Louisi l entitles victims of othe nd ctions to seek compens the p nd loss those ongdoe nd thei milies must nd m e they h usted leg dviso st side s the ins- n h nd complic l system. The c the bout you O ns t ffic e out nd they h ns to p m em>, sue those p ties to the ends of the E th to ensu you loved ones, even if th ns t c i e O ns judge y. Get st ted tod cting tto ho c st rights.
