#AskSandraZisckind You might think the parking lot at the mall where you shop or at the office complex where you work is a relatively safe place. After all, parked cars and vehicles searching for a parking place are safer and pose less risk of a collision than vehicles traveling at high speeds on the roads and highways you take to get to your destination. The truth is that parking lot accidents occur with alarming frequency causing property damage and physical injuries. Here are some of the things you need to know about parking lot accidents and what to do if you become ...
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Waiting until being involved in a car accident to think about what needs to be done is a mistake many people make. What they do not understand is that more almost 170,000 people are injured and nearly 1,900 are killed in vehicle collisions each year. Accidents are traumatic, unnerving experiences that happen in a matter of seconds. It is difficult when you are dazed and confused and suffering from an injury to know what you need to do to comply with the law and to ensure that your right to sue the negligent party responsible for causing the accident for compensation is ...
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#AskSandraZisckind Although they are frequently associated with children, bicycles are no longer a child’s toy. The number of adults using bicycles to get to and from work or as a way to improve their health through the exercise they get from cycling has grown to the point where accidents involving motorists and bicycle riders occur at an alarming frequency. For example, during the third quarter of last year, 541 bicycle riders were hit by motor vehicles in Toronto. The development of bike lanes is one method urban planners have created to provide some degree of separation between motorists and bicycle riders. There are ...
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#AskKevinButler Being on the road means being alert of your surroundings at all times. This is extremely important in the event that emergency vehicles are coming up from the other direction, next to you or are needing to move through a stop light while you are currently sitting there. Most people in Canada understand that the first thing they are supposed to do if they hear emergency sirens is to pull over to the right and stop right away. Unfortunately, however, the numerous different vehicles on the road can make it difficult to figure out what is most appropriate for ...
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