If you’ve been the victim of a pedestrian accident in Philadelphia, you’ve likely got a long road ahead of you. Pedestrians are supposed to be respected and have their own rules of the road to follow, but too often, distracted drivers forget about these people and that’s usually when accidents happen. In the Philadelphia area,…

Like most states, Pennsylvania requires drivers to pass a written and practical test in order to obtain a driver’s license. Obviously, no such test is required to be a pedestrian — which may leave some people unfamiliar with our state’s many laws governing walking in and around traffic. Understanding these laws is important, particularly given…

Everything you need to know about the laws and your legal rights as a pedestrian, and driver, on the streets of New Jersey. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) consistently publishes pedestrian safety statistics. The NHTSA calculated that a pedestrian collision happens once every seven minutes. The number of pedestrian deaths per year equates…