{"id":483,"date":"2024-04-05T04:30:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/?p=483"},"modified":"2024-03-31T13:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T17:31:01","slug":"visibility-issues-at-night-increase-florida-pedestrian-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/visibility-issues-at-night-increase-florida-pedestrian-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Visibility Issues at Night Increase Florida Pedestrian Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You are already considered a vulnerable road user when navigating Florida streets on foot, but you are at an even higher risk of serious pedestrian accidents at night. The<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fhwa.dot.gov\/innovation\/everydaycounts\/edc_7\/nighttime_visibility.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Federal Highway Administration<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0(FHWA) reports that the rate of nighttime traffic collisions is three times higher than during the day, and around 75% of all pedestrian accident fatalities occur at night. Many other victims are injured while walking at night, often because of negligent drivers.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As you can guess, visibility is a top factor when it comes to crashes at night involving people on foot. You do have rights as a victim if you were hurt or lost a loved one in such an incident, so you could qualify to recover monetary damage for your losses. A<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/pedestrian-accidents.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Miami pedestrian accidents attorney<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will guide you through the legal steps, and some details about visibility at night are useful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How Visibility Affects People on Foot<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.injuryattorneyfla.com\/blog\/visibility-issues-at-night-increase-florida-pedestrian-accidents\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Visibility Issues at Night Increase Florida Pedestrian Accidents\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are already considered a vulnerable road user when navigating Florida streets on foot, but you are at an even higher risk of serious pedestrian accidents at night. The\u00a0Federal Highway Administration\u00a0(FHWA) reports that the rate of nighttime traffic collisions is three times higher than during the day, and around 75% of all pedestrian accident fatalities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[22],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pedestrian-accidents","tag-miami-pedestrian-accident-lawyers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Visibility Issues at Night Increase Florida Pedestrian Accidents &#8212; Miami Personal Injury Lawyer Blog &#8212; April 5, 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You are already considered a vulnerable road user when navigating Florida streets on foot, but you are at an even higher risk of serious pedestrian &#8212; 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