An accident in Chicago<\/a> in early July reminds downtown workers and pedestrians to be extra cautious when entering crosswalks or crossing a road. An elderly motorist drove down the wrong way on Michigan Avenue in rush hour and hit two people, causing them injuries. After hitting the pedestrians, the driver crashed into a vehicle and caused that car to push into another automobile.<\/p>\n Inevitably, some form of driver inattention caused the elderly woman to drive down a busy city street the wrong way. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says that an estimated 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes are due to driver inattention. Inattention \u2013 whether caused by picking something up in the car, using a cell phone, or drowsiness \u2013 seems to be the major causes of these types of crashes.<\/p>\n Although elderly drivers are noted as some of the safest drivers, studies show that these drivers (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An accident in Chicago in early July reminds downtown workers and pedestrians to be extra cautious when entering crosswalks or crossing a road. An elderly motorist drove down the wrong way on Michigan Avenue in rush hour and hit two…<\/span><\/p>\n