Due to the worsening traffic congestion especially in California streets and highways, a lot of people are turning more and more to public transport as their central means of transportation.
People are now learning to be more economical. Instead of spending a lot in gasoline and car maintenance, they turn to rapid transit and public transportation to reach their destinations. Actually, public transport is less stressful since you are just sitting down waiting to arrive at your destination instead of stuck in traffic waiting for the snail paced traffic to move.
Unfortunately, California bus accidents are also increasing in number. There are different causes of a bus accident from bus driver negligence, negligence of other motorists or pedestrian, poor maintenance of buses and defective products to weather and road conditions.
A public or private transport owes you, its passenger, the duty of utmost care to make sure that you are made safe and secure from the time that you get in the public transport until you are delivered to your destinations. This duty of care is higher than the bus company’s duty to other motorists or pedestrians.
Hence, if you are injured as a result of a bus accident, you have a big chance that you are entitled to damages. Unless, the bus company can prove that they did everything to prevent or avoid the accident, then you have a great chance of claiming just and reasonable compensation for your injuries and damages.
Showing posts with label bus accident. Show all posts
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
School Bus Warning Signs
School bus transports hundreds of thousands of grade school children throughout the United States. In California alone, school buses abound with the growing number of schools in the state.
With the growing number of school buses there is no wonder why there are also a growing number of school bus accidents. Sometimes, school bus accidents are not caused by the negligence of the school bus driver or the poor maintenance on these transport buses.
Often times, accidents are caused by vehicles who stick so close to the school buses while on the road. Remember, you must not be in a hurry to pass by a school bus because children might be going down or walking past the school bus to go to their respective schools.
School buses, especially nowadays are equipped with additional safety features like seat belts even for the rear passengers of the bus. However, without going into details of these new safety equipments, a car driver must be knowledgeable with even the basic warnings and signs printed and posted around the school bus. A simple understanding of these warnings could save a child’s life.
For example, a flashing yellow light means that the school bus is about to stop and load or unload passengers. The cars beside or behind needs to slow down and get ready to stop. When the red light flashes, on the other hand, this means that the school bus is already at a stop and children may be already getting on or out of the bus. This means that the motorists must halt, otherwise they might unwittingly hit a child who is running down the bus or hurrying to get in it.
With the growing number of school buses there is no wonder why there are also a growing number of school bus accidents. Sometimes, school bus accidents are not caused by the negligence of the school bus driver or the poor maintenance on these transport buses.
Often times, accidents are caused by vehicles who stick so close to the school buses while on the road. Remember, you must not be in a hurry to pass by a school bus because children might be going down or walking past the school bus to go to their respective schools.
School buses, especially nowadays are equipped with additional safety features like seat belts even for the rear passengers of the bus. However, without going into details of these new safety equipments, a car driver must be knowledgeable with even the basic warnings and signs printed and posted around the school bus. A simple understanding of these warnings could save a child’s life.
For example, a flashing yellow light means that the school bus is about to stop and load or unload passengers. The cars beside or behind needs to slow down and get ready to stop. When the red light flashes, on the other hand, this means that the school bus is already at a stop and children may be already getting on or out of the bus. This means that the motorists must halt, otherwise they might unwittingly hit a child who is running down the bus or hurrying to get in it.
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