Most of the time when a person suffers injuries in an incident involving an automobile, one expects those injuries to be accidental, caused by an inadvertent collision resulting from momentary inattention or other negligence.
Every day, many New Jersey residents – alongside millions of other Americans – rely on buses for their daily commute, running errands, or other activities.
The last two years on New Jersey roads have not been what anyone would describe as safe. In terms of automotive fatalities, though, the roads have only gotten more dangerous for New Jersey’s most vulnerable road users – pedestrians, cyclists, skateboarders and scooter riders.
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For years, America’s highways, city streets, and back roads had been getting safer. Automotive fatality and serious injury rates had been on a steady decline.
With less than a month remaining until Super Bowl Sunday this year, many fans are already well into the process of planning how they and their friends will watch the big game together.
America’s roads are getting more dangerous. For years, this was not the case. The data showed fewer motor vehicle fatalities with every passing year.
When they first made their debut on store shelves in the middle of the previous decade, hoverboards (along with similar products like e-scooters and e-bikes, collectively referred to as micromobility products) seemed more like a fancy toy or short-lived trend, rather than a utilitarian transportation option.
With more than 4.7 million dog-bite injuries recorded each year in the United States, it is very important to make sure that are legally covered if your dog decides to lash out.
As the year 2021 concludes and the final reports from law enforcement and road safety organizations are tallied, an indisputable fact arises from the data: New Jersey’s roads are getting more dangerous, especially for cyclists and pedestrians.
