As Hazardous Winter Weather Hits Tennessee Watch Out For The Children
Watch Out For Children During Winter Weather
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I regularly find that it is important when talking about highway safety to restate the obvious. With freezing temperatures comes a host of new problems for Tennessee drivers. In another Blog I’ll address ice and snow issues, but today I would like to discuss child safety. Schools are in recess all over Tennessee and kids are out playing in the snow, and just doing what kids do when they are outside. Please be on the look out for kids playing and especially sledding.
Reference an article on the website of WBIR-TV in Knoxville about a 14-year-old who was sledding on a trash bag in a residential neighborhood at dusk when he slid into the road into the path of a pick-up truck. The street was a sheet of ice and the driver attempted to stop but to no avail. The teen was dragged for a short distance. At the time of the article there was no word on his condition.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2008, there were nearly 61 million children age 14 and younger in the United States. This age group made up 20 percent of the total U.S. resident population in 2008. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for ages 3 to 14. In 2008, there were a total of 37,261 traffic fatalities in the United States.
Every day in the United States, an average of 4 children age 14 and younger were killed and 529 were injured in motor vehicle accidents during 2008. There were a total of 4,378 pedestrian fatalities in 2008, of which the 14-and- younger age group made up 18.8%.
In a time of hazardous weather it is even more important for Tennessee drivers to avoid distractions and stay off the roads unless it’s absolutely necessary. If you or a child in your family is injured or killed in a Nashville automobile accident in hazardous weather contact the experienced Tennessee accident attorney’s at Phillip Miller & Associates and take advantage of a free consultation to find out about your rights and remedies.
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