Sentences with phrase «with pedestrian fatalities»

With pedestrian fatalities in such states as Georgia, which is up 37 percent over the past two years, it's clear that this is a crucial and all - too overlooked area of personal injury law.

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«I feel like legislating pedestrian distraction might give aggressive drivers a scapegoat to blame fatalities on the road with, and I'm not excited about that aspect.»

For Tesla, there is one fatality, including known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware.

NHTSA works to prevent injuries and fatalities for all road users — including children, teens, older drivers, bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers with disabilities.

«The only thing Mayor de Blasio had done was pre-K and Vision Zero,» Malcolm said, referring to free early education opportunities for four - year - olds and the city's plan to cut the number of fatalities from traffic crashes with pedestrians.

Building on his «Vision Zero» initiative to curb pedestrian fatalities, Mayor Bill de Blasio's office announced today that 240 city trucks will be equipped with side guards.

In this lesson plan, in line with common core standards, students will investigate educational resources and write about the safety of pedestrians in developing countries, where many times pedestrian injury and fatality is not reported and occasionally even considered normal.

The three winners are among the cities with some of the highest rates of pedestrian fatalities nationwide.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

In FY 2015, DOT launched the Safer People, Safer Streets initiative to increase walking and biking as a mode of transportation and reduce pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, and worked with mayors around the country in implementing this initiative.

D.C.) Traffic fatalities have been relatively stable since the 1990s - around 5,000 pedestrian deaths annually, with 700 of those cyclists.

According to the DOT, streets with protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements lead to a 50 percent reduction in fatalities and injuries for all street users.

A recent report from the Governor's Highway Safety Association reminds us all that we need to be mindful when we are a pedestrian on the roadway and a driver in an area with pedestrians, reporting that California leads the nation in pedestrian - related fatalities.

In fact, drunk driving and driving under the influence are some of the most common causes of pedestrian - involved crashes, with almost half (49 %) of all pedestrian fatalities involving alcohol, and 34 % involving a driver whose blood alcohol content was above the legal limit of 0.08 %.

In Koreatown, near where two Metro rail lines meet, more than 400 pedestrians were hit by cars — with eleven fatalities.

It's believed to be the first pedestrian fatality associated with self - driving technology.

In 2015, Kentucky State Police recorded over 1,000 crashes involving pedestrians, with 6 percent leading to fatalities and 14.4 percent causing an incapacitating injury.

The Governors» Highway Safety Association estimates that the number of pedestrians killed in 2015 increased by around 10 percent as compared with 2014, which is the largest annual increase in pedestrian fatalities since the federal government began collecting accident data forty years ago.

Additionally, there are certain locations more likely to be accident sites, with the vast majority of pedestrian fatalities occurring in high - density urban areas such as downtown areas or within metropolitan area borders.

The only statistic that was high was pedestrian fatalities, which can be directly correlated to Boston having much more transportation services than other cities and towns in Massachusetts with so many people walking, biking, using these public services, and the like.

The recent mishap involving a self - driving Uber that led to one of the first pedestrian fatalities caused by a self - driving vehicle (albeit with a human as the backup in the vehicle) and the crash of the Tesla vehicle with Autopilot engaged has raised questions on the safety and regulations governing autonomous driving.