Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Does an increase in pedestrian vs. car accidents in Ridgewood, NJ surprise anyone?

Posted in distracted driving, driver safety, driving, hang up and drive, Life tagged , , , , at 7:47 pm by Elaine Petrowski

Ridgewood, New Jersey, an upscale NYC bedroom community, has recently experienced a huge increase in the number of pedestrian/car and bicycle/car collisions. I’m talking at least one accident involving a person and a car per month.  And in the last month, three that I can recall reading about.

Some of these accidents have occurred on dark, rainy nights. But many have occurred on sunny afternoons.

At least two of  these accidents have been fatal.  All  have caused pain and suffering.

My guess is that MANY of these accidents were caused by inattentive drivers.

What’s your guess?