Safety improvements coming to deadly intersection near UNLV
The danger is there nearly every minute of every day at a crosswalk at Naples Drive and Swenson Street near UNLV. Contact 13 witnessed the danger first hand, as a man came within inches of being hit by a car that failed to yield to a pedestrian in the crosswalk on Thursday.
UNLV Study Finds That Motorists Are Less Likely to Yield to Black Pedestrians Than to Whites
A new study by researchers at the University of Nevada Las Vegas finds that motorists are less likely to yield to Black pedestrians in crosswalks than is the case for White pedestrians. The authors speculate that this may be a reason for the higher rate of fatal pedestrian incidents in the African American community.