Local teacher hit by car, struggling
NJ limits pedestrians hit by cars (at no fault of their own) to the drivers insurance policy. We don’t need car insurance when we walk everywhere. This is bogus and inapplicable and has caused a dear friend to get immensely f**ked over.
She is a local teacher and fitness instructor. Her family grew up in Hoboken. Now, she is looking at the possibility of lifetime disability from a Lisfranc injury.
I think more than anything her situation highlights a gap in our system for people to fall through. Limited settlement options, long term health issues, compiled with a 6 month delay in disability funding at no fault of her own. She’s lucky she has family that she is able to borrow from, for now. She’d be homeless without them.
Coming on 8 months since her accident, she is still receiving delayed timeline for full recovery, thus extending her ability to return to work.
I also hate that the city claims victory of “no pedestrian fatalities in 9 years” but pays no heed to the high number of near misses and life changing injuries that keep snowballing.
Pedestrian crosswalks need to be more visible, there needs to be consequences for distracted driving, and the state needs to require higher insurance coverage for uninsured pedestrians.
She’s your neighbor, your babysitter, your teacher, your friend. The smile at the coffee shop. Share/donate if you can https://gofund.me/76c61b185