{"id":377,"date":"2015-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/why-pedestrians-must-be-careful-during-spring-break\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:29:22","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:29:22","slug":"why-pedestrians-must-be-careful-during-spring-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-pedestrians-must-be-careful-during-spring-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Why pedestrians must be careful during spring break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Who\u2019s ready for spring break? After a few months of relentless snow and subfreezing temperatures, we hope that all of our readers have the opportunity to go south (if only for a few days) and enjoy some warm weather in Orlando, Miami, Phoenix or Las Vegas. \u00a0Indeed, central New York is nice, but a getaway is even nicer.<\/p>\n<p>When on spring break, it is important for pedestrians to be wary of cars and trucks that pass through streets that have heavy traffic. One of the great things about the atmosphere of spring break is the foot traffic and people watching from street front bars and caf\u00e9s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, in these situations the likelihood for pedestrian accidents can increase. Essentially, when drivers and pedestrians have a lot to drink (which commonly happens in spring break haunts) their judgment can become impaired and they may take chances that they may not normally take when sober.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-pedestrians-must-be-careful-during-spring-break\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why pedestrians must be careful during spring break\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who\u2019s ready for spring break? After a few months of relentless snow and subfreezing temperatures, we hope that all of our readers have the opportunity to go south (if only for a few days) and enjoy some warm weather in Orlando, Miami, Phoenix or Las Vegas. \u00a0Indeed, central New York is nice, but a getaway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-accidents","tag-car-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why pedestrians must be careful during spring break &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; March 11, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why pedestrians must be careful during spring break - Car Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; 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