Can You Ride Your Bike In The Winter Safely?
by AdminJanuary 22nd, 2024
If you’re among the hearty ones who has a desire to get on their bicycle and ride it in the winter months you need to make sure you are doing it safely and minimizing your risk of getting into a New Haven bicycle accident. While bicycle accidents can happen during any season of the year, they can be especially more likely in the winter months for a variety of reasons. There are the usual suspects of safety steps you should take when you go riding your bike in any season, like making sure you wear a helmet so you can protect yourself from experiencing a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in the event that you were to fall off your bike. In any conditions you will want to make sure your equipment is properly tuned up so you don’t have an equipment malfunction that leads to a crash and a potentially Read the full article…
When The Roads Get Icy, Here’s How To Avoid A New Haven Auto Accident
by AdminJanuary 19th, 2024
For the past few years our winters in the New Haven area have been lacking on the winter weather front. Mild temperatures and a lack of precipitation have left our streets clear and our winter jackets stowed away in a closet. That all changed this year when the calendar switched over to the new year and the winter weather came back with a vengeance. Over the last few weeks temperatures have dipped below freezing and we’ve had a little bit of wintry precipitation that has left the ground frozen in an ice bath. These conditions have left many trying to remember how to drive safely without getting into a New Haven auto accident due to the slippery conditions that these weather events have left behind. Driving in wintry weather conditions when you haven’t done it in a few years can be a bit hair raising and can cause you to Read the full article…
What Is The Vision Zero Bill And How Will It Limit New Haven Pedestrian Accidents?
by AdminJanuary 16th, 2024
If you follow this blog you know that New Haven pedestrian accidents and accidents involving pedestrians throughout the state of Connecticut have been of serious concern for legislators in the state. In fact, 2022 was one of the deadliest years on record for pedestrians in the state of Connecticut with over 300 deaths attributed to pedestrian accidents. These staggering numbers have been a catalyst for new legislation that aims to address the problem head on. The new law that went into affect in 2024 is labeled the “Vision Zero Bill” and it’s aim is to address the rising deaths that are occurring via motor vehicle accidents that involve pedestrians and bicyclists throughout the state. The law, which is based on data that has been gathered in other states who have implemented similar laws will allow cities and towns to begin investing in speed cameras and red-light cameras to automate the Read the full article…
Limit These Bad Habits And Avoid A New Haven Auto Accident
by AdminJanuary 12th, 2024
When you think of bad habits you might be thinking about things like staying up too late or using your phone too much, you may not be thinking about bad habits in the context of driving your car. Take a second to think about your behaviors when you are the driver of a vehicle and then decide whether or not you have any bad habits that could lead to a New Haven auto accident. They may not be the first bad habits that pop into your mind when you’re thinking about how to make self improvements, but they could be the habits that, if curbed, could make the biggest impact on your health and safety. Breaking bad habits can be a really tricky endeavor. Habits can become so ingrained in how we operate that we don’t even think about them when we do them, but that is the problem. Mindless Read the full article…
5 Things You Can Do To Avoid A Winter New Haven Motorcycle Accident
by AdminJanuary 10th, 2024
Ask most experts and they might advise against riding your motorcycle in the winter months in New Haven and some recent storms that we have had may back up the thoughts behind why it may not be safe. You’re hearty though and have decided you want to take your bike out for a ride even when the cold weather is locked in for the next few months. We can respect that. Let’s just say you’re going to ride your motorcycle each week a couple of times a week and you want to make sure that when you do you’re doing everything in your power to avoid a New Haven motorcycle accident so you can stay safe and continue to ride another day. While it may be a little more dangerous to ride your motorcycle in the winter months because weather conditions can be unpredictable and the streets, even if they Read the full article…
Connecticut’s “Know The Zone” Pilot Program Deemed A Success
by AdminJanuary 9th, 2024
Between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2022 there were a total of 2,566 accidents in construction zones throughout the state of Connecticut. Of those 2,566 accidents, 10 resulted in fatalities. It is because of this data that state legislators passed the “Know The Zone” plan which aimed to reduce the number of accidents that occur in a work zone by placing cameras which track the speed of drivers through these zones and then warn or ticket these drivers if they are not obeying the speed limit. The “Know The Zone” program was piloted last year and according to the Connecticut State Department of Transportation (DOT) it was a success. While it is impossible to determine how many New Haven auto accidents the program prevented from happening it is important to take some time and look at the statistics that were collected as the result of the program which aimed Read the full article…