Bridge abutments are essential in constructing and stabilizing bridges. These structures provide elements at the ends of the bridge span and transition from the bridge to the ground. Knowing what they do and the role they play allows for a greater appreciation of the engineering of bridge assembly.
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Continue reading Missing Concrete Sidewalk Panels Create Hazards for Ridgewood Pedestrians
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West Trenton NJ, Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of summer and the beginning of the busy travel season. Safety must be a priority on every journey as roadways fill with drivers heading to the shore, local parks, lakes, and family gatherings. No matter how short the trip, every drive carries risks—and your choices behind the wheel can make all the difference. We urge all motorists to stay alert, avoid distractions, obey speed limits, and never drive under the influence. Buckle up, be patient, and remain mindful of pedestrians, cyclists, and other vehicles.
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Traffic accidents happen for multiple reasons from reckless driving to mechanical failure. In Longview, and other parts of Texas, there are laws put in place to protect pedestrians and ensure that drivers are held accountable in the event of accidents. We’ve picked nine of the most notable laws to protect pedestrians.
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On average, 106 people die each day as a result of car accidents in the United States. Many of these people are pedestrians. Because of the risk posed by dangerous drivers, pedestrians have to take precautions. Pedestrian safety and awareness are not things most people are ever really taught about, beyond looking both ways before crossing the road. This post will delve into this topic and will offer a list of pedestrian safety tips that you can use to keep yourself and your loved ones safe when you are all out and about.
Continue reading A Curated List of Pedestrian Safety and Awareness Tips You Need to Know
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Continue reading Hudson Street Parking Garage in Ridgewood – Pedestrians beware!
photos courtesy of Francis Geraghty
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Paramus NJ, recently a couple of pedestrian signs were installed at 650 From road Paramus, near Marriott Fairfield Inn .These low signs which were installed to protect pedestrians could very well cause an accident because they block vision between bicyclists, motorists and pedestrians. Hope you will inform proper authorities of low signs and prevent an accident just like the sign at Maple and Marshall street in Ridgewood which was moved up a few feet after a cyclist / pedestrian accident.
file photos by Boyd Loving (bike accidents in Ridgewood )
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Upper Saddle River NJ, the 2021 New Jersey Safe Passing Law is designed to remind motorists that they must share the roads with those who are not in vehicles, whether they are bicyclists, pedestrians forced to walk down a road with no sidewalks, or those with mobility challenges who are on motorized scooters.
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Totowa NJ, October is Pedestrian Safety Month. Motorists should take special precautions to watch for pedestrians. Pedestrians have the right-of-way at all intersections, including intersections with no crosswalk markings (“unmarked crosswalks”)
“Franklin Avenue is a death trap already. Do you remember the priest pedestrian in the crosswalk trying to cross Franklin Avenue at Oak Street who was killed by an impatient woman (who was apparently immune from County prosecution) who admittedly had the green light but became impatient waiting to make the left turn onto Franklin Avenue who punched the accelerator, zoomed around THE LEFT HAND SIDE of the car in front of her which was waiting to do the same thing (but that had appropriately stopped to let the poor priest cross the street) and brutally hit and killed the pedestrian priest in the crosswalk?”
“I am witnessing near-misses between pedestrians and cars all the time now in Ridgewood.”
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Ridgewood NJ, The Division of Highway Traffic Safety is calling on drivers, pedestrians, motorcyclists, and bicyclists in New Jersey to join in a one-day national safety campaign next week to raise awareness of the more than 35,000 lives lost each year in motor vehicle-related crashes nationwide.
“Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day,” commemorated each year on October 10, calls attention to reducing fatalities on one specific day in order to heighten consciousness about what people can do to reduce transportation fatalities and accidents on American highways, roads, and streets.
Continue reading New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety Invites Drivers, Pedestrians, and Bikers Across the State to Join National “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day” on October 10
photo by Boyd Loving
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Wyckoff NJ, this was issued by the Wyckoff Police Department, but it applies to all of Bergen County. Three pedestrian fatalities on Bergen County roads in the span of seven days across the County serves as a reminder of the safety rules both pedestrians and drivers should follow. These numbers could rise as the days grow shorter heading into the fall/winter season. Federal statistics show that 75% of pedestrian fatalities in 2016 occurred in the dark.
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February 9,2018
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Ridgewood NJ, at last nights council meeting Village Engineer Christopher Rutishauser gave an update on the Village of Ridgewood ‘s Complete Streets Program.
“A complete street is a transportation facility that is planned, designed, operated, and maintained to provide safe mobility for all users, including bicyclists, pedestrians, transit vehicles, truckers, and motorists, appropriate to the function and context of the facility.” The idea is to take into account pedestrians, cars and bicycles as well as beauty and ADA requirements .
Councilwoman Bernie Walsh commented that the Village and Citizen safety have to do a better job at disseminating problem areas and what the Village’s response will be to address those problems.
Readers often comment on the poor conditions of the roads in town , Walsh felt that if more residents were informed on what’s going on and why it would help alleviate some confusion.
Motorists MUST STOP FOR PEDESTRIANS courtesy of the Wyckoff Police Department
MOTORISTS in New Jersey MUST stop for pedestrians in a marked crosswalk. Failure to observe the law may subject you to one or more of the following:
2 POINTS
$200 FINE (plus court costs)
15 DAYS COMMUNITY SERVICE
INSURANCE SURCHARGES
NEW JERSEY STATUTE 39:4-36
Driver to stop for pedestrian:
exceptions, violations. penalties.
A. The driver of a vehicle must stop and stay stopped for a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk, but shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except at crosswalks when the movement of traffic is being regulated by police officers or traffic control signals, or where otherwise prohibited by municipal, county, or State regulation, and except where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.
Whenever any vehicle is stopped to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
B. A person violating this section shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a fine to be imposed by the court in the amount of $200. The court may also impose a term of community service not to exceed 15 days.
C. Of each fine imposed and collected pursuant to subsection B. of the section, $100 shall be forwarded to the State Treasurer who shall annually deposit the moneys into the “Pedestrian Safety Enforcement and Education Fund” created by section 1 of PL 2005, c 84 (C.39:4-36.2)
