{"id":1332,"date":"2015-03-17T06:08:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-17T06:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2017-08-04T16:18:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T16:18:46","slug":"red-light-green-light-is-no-game-on-the-airport-operations-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2015\/03\/17\/red-light-green-light-is-no-game-on-the-airport-operations-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Light, Green Light is no Game on the Airport Operations Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1334\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1334\" src=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/aoa-lights-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Often &quot;rules of the road&quot; are not enforced on busy airport operations areas.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/aoa-lights-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/aoa-lights.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Herndon Virginia runway injury lawyer Doug Landau has had accident cases where the &#8220;rules of the road&#8221; were not enforced on busy &#8220;air operations areas&#8221; or terminals at major international airports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At most international airports, including the three major airports in the Washington DC Metro area &#8212; Baltimore Washington International Airport (&#8220;BWI&#8221;), Dulles International Airport (&#8220;IAD&#8221;), and Reagan National Airport (&#8220;WAS&#8221;) &#8212;\u00a0 there is a ticketing and points system for drivers on the &#8220;airport operations area&#8221; (AOA) just like on the roads and interstate highways.<\/p>\n<p>However, enforcement is another question entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers on the AOA are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">instructed<\/span> to use proper lights at night, put on brake lights when stopping, and even obey the rules of the road on their way to meet aircraft or busy baggage terminals; but a ticketing and point system is another matter entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Airport injury lawyer Doug Landau, of the Herndon law firm <a title=\"landau injury law\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landauinjurylaw.com\" target=\"_blank\">Abrams Landau, Ltd.<\/a>, believes that safety on the AOA should be of the highest priority. The AOA is traveled by vehicles which, like cars and trucks on our local roads and interstate highways, can impose danger on others when not operated safely. At busier aircraft hubs and international airports, there is even traffic congestion which, when not properly managed, can lead to accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Cases of airline workers who are injured on the AOA because another operator is not following proper &#8220;rules of the road&#8221; are not infrequent.\u00a0 <a title=\"Are Dulles Airport Runways Safe?\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2015\/01\/12\/are-dulles-airport-runways-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read about an incident at Dulles International Airport. \u00a0If you or someone you know is an airline worker who has been injured in an accident while working on the airport operations area and there are questions as to what laws apply, <a title=\"email front desk\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> or call <a title=\"Landau Law Shop Website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">Abrams Landau, Ltd<\/a>. at once (703-796-9555).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At most international airports, including the three major airports in the Washington DC Metro area &#8212; Baltimore Washington International Airport (&#8220;BWI&#8221;), Dulles International Airport (&#8220;IAD&#8221;), and Reagan National Airport (&#8220;WAS&#8221;) &#8212;\u00a0 there is a ticketing and points system for drivers on the &#8220;airport operations area&#8221; (AOA) just like on the roads and interstate highways. However,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2015\/03\/17\/red-light-green-light-is-no-game-on-the-airport-operations-area\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Red Light, Green Light is no Game on the Airport Operations Area&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[19,892,22,1004,998,1003,58,130,131,1029,865,1005,1009,210,211,1028,1010,220,1011,964,1000,1002,298,999,1006,963,511,1001,548],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airport-runway-tarmac-and-aoa-incidents","category-airport-vehicle-crashes","tag-abrams-landau","tag-abrams-landau-airport-injury-lawyer","tag-abrams-landau-ltd","tag-accidents-on-airport","tag-accidents-on-airport-operations-area","tag-accidents-on-aoa","tag-airline-employee-injury-law","tag-airport-operations-area-lawyer","tag-airport-operations-lawyer","tag-airport-personnel-injury-law","tag-best-aoa-lawyer","tag-best-airport-accident-lawyer-virginia","tag-best-bwi-injury-lawyer","tag-best-dulles-airport-injury-lawyer","tag-best-dulles-airport-lawyer","tag-best-herndon-virginia-runway-lawyer","tag-best-iad-injury-lawyer","tag-best-iad-lawyer","tag-best-was-injury-lawyer","tag-bwi-airport-accident-lawyer","tag-bwi-airport-operations-area","tag-crowded-airport-operations-area-lawyer","tag-doug-landau","tag-dulles-airport-operations-area","tag-east-coast-airport-accident-lawyer","tag-reagan-national-airport-accident-lawyer","tag-reagan-national-airport-injury-law","tag-reagan-national-airport-operations-area","tag-special-rules-on-aoa"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Red Light, Green Light is no Game on the Airport Operations Area - Airport Injury Law<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/airportinjurylawyer\/2015\/03\/17\/red-light-green-light-is-no-game-on-the-airport-operations-area\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Red Light, Green Light is no Game on the Airport Operations Area - Airport Injury Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At most international airports, including the three major airports in the Washington DC Metro area &#8212; Baltimore Washington International Airport (&#8220;BWI&#8221;), Dulles International Airport (&#8220;IAD&#8221;), and Reagan National Airport (&#8220;WAS&#8221;) &#8212;\u00a0 there is a ticketing and points system for drivers on the &#8220;airport operations area&#8221; (AOA) just like on the roads and interstate highways. 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