Follow A Motorcycle Accident Claim

You can drive more safely by using these tips on motorcycle safety:

1. Always assume that you and your motorcycle completely invisible to other drivers.

2. Leave enough space in front and back and on the sides from all other vehicles.

3. Beware of drivers you have to intersections.

4. Never drink or take drugs and try to ride a motorcycle.

5. Avoid driving at night, especially late in the evening on Saturday and Sunday mornings, when drunken drivers may be on the way.

6. Beware of taking curves that you can not see around. A parked truck or a patch of sand may be awaiting you.

7. Not to "even" try with another driver or passing motorist road rage.

8. If someone, tailgating or speeding to open more space or to stop and let them pass.

9. Take a motorcycle safety course to learn what to avoid to make accidents.

10. Wear protective clothing and a helmet.

There is no guarantee that New York No-Fault for motorcyclists. This means that in case of damage to be paid in a motorcycle accident, private health insurance bills. If the rider wins a case, these invoices must be paid first to the insurance company. If no insurance is available, the issue of medical costs and complicated pay for medical care, in fact. Consult an experienced accident and personal injury attorney.

As an attorney and a biker who for many years, I have some concrete ideas on this subject. But I want "forced" you statistics about motorcycle safety, which relate to accidents and injuries, which I find fascinating:

1. About three-quarters of motorcycle accidents are collisions with another vehicle, usually a car.

2. About 1/4 of motorcycle accidents are single vehicle accidents involving motor with the roadway or a fixed object in the environment interfere.

3. Punctures less than 3% of motorcycle accidents, and most of them are single-vehicle accidents where control is lost housing due to a puncture.

4. In single vehicle accidents, motorcycle rider error is present as a cause about 2/3 of the time, with the typical error of a slide out and fall in case of excessive braking or running wide on a curve due to excess speed or under-turns.

5. Defects in the road (pavement ridges, potholes, etc.) are the causes of accidents in 2% of the accidents, animal involvement causes 1% of accidents.

6. In many accidents, injured, the driver of the other vehicle has the right of way and caused the motorcycle accident to 2/3 of the time.

7. Drivers inability to recognize motorcycles in traffic is the main source of motorcycle collisions. The driver of the other vehicle in the collision with the motorcycle did not see involved, see the motorcycle before the collision, or not, the motorcycle too late to avoid the collision.

8. Deliberate hostile action by a motorist against a motorcycle rider is a rare accident cause.

9. The most common type of motorcycle accident has the right and the car made a left turn in front of the oncoming motorcycle.

10. Intersections are the most likely place for the motorcycle accident, with the other vehicle crime motorcycle right of way, and often violate traffic controls.

11. The time is not a factor in 98% of motorcycle accidents.

12. Lead connected to shopping most motorcycle accidents are on a short trip, is errands, friends, entertainment or recreation, and the accident probably near the site of the trip began to occur.

13. The view of the motorcycle or any other vehicle is involved in an accident restricted or obstructed by other vehicles in almost 2 of multiple accidents caused by glare.

14. Visibility of the motorcycle is a critical factor in several car accidents and accidents to be reduced considerably through the use of motorcycle headlamps (on in daylight) and the wearing of visibility yellow, orange or red jackets high light.

15. Fuel leaks and spills are the 62% of motorcycle accidents available. This means that it is generally a fire hazard.

16. Significantly overrepresented in accidents are motorcycle riders aged 16 and 24 drivers aged 30 and 50 are significantly underrepresented. Although most accidents involved motorcyclists were male (96%), women were significantly over-represented motorcyclists in accidents.

17. Motorcyclists involved in an accident without in education, 92% are self taught and learned from family or friends. Training experience reduces accident involvement and reduces the risk of injury motorcycle accident.

18. Almost half of the fatal accidents show alcohol involvement.

19. Motorcyclists in those accidents have difficulty avoiding the collision. Most rotor and brake slip of the rear wheel brake with the front wheel and which reduces the ability to slow down and avoid the accident. In the presence of alcohol, the ability to counter steer and dodge almost non-existent.

20. The typical motorcycle accident allows the motorcyclist just less than 2 seconds to avoid the collision.

21. Motorcycle modifications, as they really are over-represented in accidents. In connection with the semi chopper or cafe racer

22. The risk of injury is very high in motorcycle accidents - 98% of multiple collisions and 96% of single vehicle crashes result of some kind of injury, the result of 45% in addition to a small injury.

23. Half of the injuries motorcyclists around the ankle-foot, lower leg, knee and thigh.

24. Crash bars are not against an injury-effective measure, which damage to the ankle-foot is balanced by increase of injury to the upper leg thigh, knee and leg.

25. The use of heavy boots, jacket, gloves, etc., is effective in preventing or reducing abrasions and lacerations, which are frequent but rarely severe injuries.

26. Speed, alcohol consumption and the size of the motorcycle in create the severity of the injury.

27. Sixty-three percent of the accidents involved motorcyclists do not use eye protection, and it is likely that the wind on their unprotected eyes to impaired vision, the hazard identification contributes delayed.

28. Approximately 50% of motorcycle riders wear helmets road safety, but only 40% wear helmets at the time of the accident.

29. Involved on a voluntary safety helmet use by accident driver was lowest for untrained, well educated, young riders on hot days and short trips.

30. The deadliest accident victims motorcycle injuries are injuries to the chest and head.

31. The use of the helmet is the only factor in the prevention or reduction of head injuries.

32. Helmet safety is the ability of the driver did not hear or see a decline, and not cause fatigue or loss of attention, all data on the causes of accidents involving helmet.

33. Drivers and passengers to wear helmets showed significantly lower head and neck injury for all types of injury, at all levels of injury severity.