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Walking in Georgia means understanding your legal rights even when accidents happen. Georgia follows a "modified comparative negligence" system, where compensation remains possible as long as you bear less than 50% responsibility for the accident. Many pedestrians...
Motorists frequently act as though they own the roads. They may resent the obligation to remember secondary sets of traffic rules related to other forms of transportation. They may find the perceived inconvenience of yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk to be a...
Walking is one of the healthiest habits that people can develop. Medical research indicates that those who regularly walk tend to have healthier lives than the average person even if they don't engage in more strenuous exercise regularly. They gain less weight,...
The winter months mean shorter, darker days. Even if the weather is good enough for you to go running outside, that increased darkness can impact your safety. An after-work jog that would have been carried out in the bright summer sunlight may be done at dusk or even...
Cyclists face a lot of risks when they share the road with cars and trucks, but it’s natural to assume that the risk is gone when riding near parked vehicles. Unfortunately, this is not true, and people in parked cars can still cause accidents that lead to serious...
Though most any Georgia driver can wind up in a car accident, most motorists will take necessary precautions to prevent them from happening. There are some drivers who not only fail to follow basic traffic safety, but who make deliberate choices that may impede their...
As autumn arrives, it’s a good time to talk about how to avoid crashes when you’re riding your bike. Drivers often think of fall as the time of year when fewer people ride their bikes. The weather starts to cool down, schools are back in session and people are busy...
You walk to and from work, to pick up your kids at school and to do your shopping. You bought a home in a busy area because you wanted to be able to be more active and to avoid driving. Unfortunately, such a busy area does come with the risk of getting hit by a car or...
As a pedestrian, you have to remember that sometimes drivers are not looking out for you. Even if you properly walk through a crosswalk, a negligent driver could crash into you. This is a scary thought, especially because cars can cause severe injuries even if they...