Preventing Fort Myers, Florida Car, Pedestrian, and Bicycle Accidents
As summer ends and young students head back to their classrooms, Fort Myers and Lee County, Florida law enforcers are reminding motorists to be mindful of sharing the road with both pedestrians and bicyclists. Police will be on the lookout for drivers who exceed the speed limit or drive recklessly in school zones, including those who illegally pass school buses.
An estimated 800 school-aged children are killed in traffic accidents during daytime school hours in the United States every year -- roughly 14 percent of the total number of children killed in car accidents. Research has found that teenagers were behind the wheel in more than 50 percent of these deadly traffic accidents that occur during normal school day travel hours. Students getting on and off of the school bus are particularly at risk (University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, collected Aug. 29, 2009 -- see link below).
Fort Myers accident lawyers may be consulted by families in cases where children have been injured or killed in traffic accidents while walking or biking to and from school.
Overall, in 2008 in the state of Florida, 490 pedestrians lost their lives in car - pedestrian accidents (NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts Florida 2004-2008).
Bicycle safety is also a concern, particularly as school gets back in session. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has recorded 6 bicycle accident fatalities in Lee County, Florida in 2008 and 3 fatalities as of late August 2009.
Fort Myers police taking special steps for first day of public school in Lee County
NewsPress.com Aug. 22, 2009
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