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Topic: Road accidents and first aid · Nº 582 / 626

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Las personas mayores como peatones, ¿tienen mayor probabilidad de sufrir atropellos?

Are older people, as pedestrians, more likely to be hit by vehicles?

  • ANo, caminan con más lentitud y observan mejor las situaciones.No, they walk more slowly and observe situations better.
  • BSí, pues pueden tener problemas de audición o de vista.Yes, because they may have hearing or sight problems.
  • CTienen la misma probabilidad de ser atropellados que una persona joven.They are as likely to be hit as a young person.
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  • BSí, pues pueden tener problemas de audición o de vista.Yes, because they may have hearing or sight problems.
Explanation

Older people are hit by vehicles more often than young people: they find it harder to judge the speed of vehicles, they have hearing problems, they may not be able to tell the colours of traffic lights, etc.

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