Bernstein & Maryanoff

Florida Car Accident Lawyers
Describing the Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way

When people drive on the roads in Florida, they are met with decisions that must be made quickly every time they get behind the wheel.  These decisions must be made on the basis of safety, courtesy and compliance with relevant traffic laws.  One of the most common decisions that must be made concerns questions regarding the right-of-way that is either taken or provided to another driver.  Unfortunately, incorrect decisions that are made in these situations lead to an extremely high number of accidents.  Below is a look at this problem, and if you or someone you love has been harmed by this driving mistake, seek the help of Florida car accident lawyers as soon as possible.

Common Right-of-Way Situations

The situations that involve either taking or yielding the right-of-way arise almost every time anyone gets behind the wheel.  However, there are contexts where these decisions arise more commonly than others.  One of the most common occurs at four-way stops, and another example involves merging traffic.  Many right-of-way decisions must be made instantly and instinctively, and many people who encounter these decisions make them without consciously remembering the process that unfolded in their minds – unless a mistake is made and someone is injured in the process.

Florida Car Accidents Resulting from a Failure to Yield the Right-of-Way

A brief look at the statistics regarding Florida car accidents from 2009 alone should explain the extent and the scope of this serious problem.  During that year, nearly 28,000 Florida car accidents occurred where failing to yield the right-of-way was listed as a cause.  In addition the overall number of crashes, 205 of them involved at least one fatality and nearly 22,000 led to at least one injury.

A basic breakdown of these numbers shows that more than 75 Florida car accidents occur for this reason every day, and more than 60 injury crashes occur on a daily basis for this reason.  Finally, almost four crashes that lead to a fatality occur every week because someone makes a mistake in regards to this decision.

How Florida Car Accident Lawyers Can Help

If you or someone you love has been harmed because another driver made this mistake, it can be a highly technical process to prove that such a mistake was made.  Many consider right-of-way decisions to be more a function of subjective judgment, but the fact of the matter is that these decisions are almost always governed by relevant traffic laws.

If you find yourself in this situation of having been harmed for this reason, contact the Florida car accident lawyers at Bernstein & Maryanoff today to schedule a free initial consultation, as the firm has been proving negligence because of this type of mistake for many years.