Five Important Pedestrian Safety Tips for Houston’s Busy Urban Streets

Our Houston personal injury lawyers realize that metro Houston presents a challenging urban environment for the pedestrian. Our streets are heavily trafficked and substantial numbers of street racers, drunk drivers, distracted drivers, and speeding drivers add to the mix confronting the pedestrian. When walking along or crossing Houston roadways, always be especially alert and conscious of your own safety.

Studies show that motor vehicle drivers have almost all of their attention occupied keeping a lookout for vehicles their own size or larger. So drivers tend not to perceive pedestrians until the last moment. Sometimes that’s too late to avoid a serious or fatal wreck. Our Houston personal injury lawyers present the following 5 pedestrian safety tips you can use to help protect your safety when you’re walking in Houston’s busy urban milieu:

1. Never enter the street from between parked vehicles, trees, shrubs, or other obstacles. Drivers won’t be able to see you entering the roadway in time to stop for you.

 

2. Don’t cross against the light or other traffic signals. At intersections with pedestrian “Walk – Don’t Walk” signals, always wait until you see the “Walk” signal in order to cross the street.

 

3. Don’t walk in the roadway. Always walk on the sidewalk or in designated walkways.

 

4. Cross the roadway only at designated crosswalks or at intersection corners. If there aren’t any crosswalks, traffic signals, or signs where you must cross, always be sure to yield to all motor vehicle traffic. Traffic won’t be expecting to encounter pedestrians on the roadway and so you must take extra precautions in order to ensure your own safety.

 

5. Traffic might be coming from multiple directions at any crossing point. So always look both ways and over your shoulder for vehicles that might need to turn before you cross the street.

Do you know of a Dangerous Intersection for Pedestrian Traffic? Have you been Seriously Injured in a Pedestrian Accident?

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