Follow a Motorcycle Accident Claim

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

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

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

3rd Beware of motorists turn left in front of you at intersections.

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

5th Avoid driving at night , especially on Saturday night and Sunday morning, when drunk drivers are on the road.

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

7th Do not give up the road rage and try to " even" with another rider or motorist.

8th If someone is tailgating you , either speed up to open more space or to stop and let them pass .

9th Take a motorcycle safety training to know what to look for to avoid accidents .

10th Protective clothing and wear a helmet .

There is no New York no-fault insurance for motorcycle drivers. This means that in case of injury in a motorcycle accident , private health insurance must pay the bills . If the rider wins a case , these invoices must be paid usually on the health insurance. If there is no insurance available , the issue of medical expenses and pay for medical care becomes complicated , indeed. Consult an experienced accident and injury attorney.

As a lawyer and rider held a motorcycle license for many years , I have some concrete ideas on this subject. But I want you " forced" statistics on motorcycle safety , which relate to accidents and injuries , and I find that fascinating:

A. About 3/4 of motorcycle accidents are a collision with another vehicle , usually a passenger car .

Second About a quarter of motorcycle accidents are single-vehicle accidents , the . Motorcycle colliding with the roadway or a fixed object in the environment

3rd represents the failure of the vehicle for less than 3% of motorcycle accidents , and most of them are single vehicle accidents where control due to a puncture flat lost.

4th In accidents involving a single vehicle motorcycle driver error as the cause about 2 /3 of the time , with the typical error , a pull-out and fall due to excessive braking or on an ongoing wide curve exists for speeding or understeer.

5th Defects runway ( pavement ridges , potholes , etc.) are the cause of the accident in 2 % of accidents with animals causes 1 % of accidents .

6th In many accidents , the driver of the other vehicle against the motorcycle right of way and causes the accident 2/3 of the time.

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

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

9th The most common type of accident is the right motorbike and automobile, to make a left turn in front of the motorcycle in the opposite instance.

10th Intersections are the most likely location of the motorcycle accident , with the other vehicle offense right bike path, and often violating traffic controls .

11th Weather is a factor in 98% of motorcycle accidents .

12th Most motorcycle accidents involve a short drive to the shopping, errands, friends , entertainment or recreation associated , probably near the place where the journey of accidents began to occur .

13th The view of the motorcycle or any other vehicle involved in the accident limited by glare or obstructed by other vehicles in almost two out of several accidents .

14th Visibility of the motorcycle is a critical factor in many accidents and accidents are significantly by the use of motorcycle headlamps (on in daylight ) and reduces the wearing of high visibility yellow, orange or bright red jackets.

15th Leaks and spills of fuel system are present after 62 % of motorcycle accidents . This means that there is normally a fire hazard.

16th Significantly over-represented are motorcyclists aged 16 and 24 in case of accidents ; bikers are significantly under-represented between 30 and 50 years of age. Although the majority of motorcyclists are injured involved men (96 %), motorcyclists in accidents women are significantly over-represented .

17th Motorcyclists are involved in accidents with essentially no education , 92 % are self-taught or learned from family or friends. Training experience reduces accident involvement motorcyclists and reduces injury in a crash .

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

19th Motorcycle riders in these accidents have difficulty avoiding the collision. Most drivers over brake and skid the rear wheel and the front wheel under brake , which has the ability to slow down and avoid the accident is greatly reduced. The ability to counter-steer and Dodge are missing in the presence of alcohol substantially .

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

21st Motorcycle modifications such as those associated with the semi- chopper or cafe racer really over-represented in accidents .

22nd The likelihood of injury is extremely high in motorcycle accidents - 98 % of multiple vehicle collisions and 96% of single-vehicle accidents lead to a type of injury for the driver , 45 % result in more than a minor injury .

23rd Half of the injuries of motorcyclists are ankle-foot , leg, knee and leg from the thigh .

24th Bumpers are not an effective measure against injury , reducing the injuries of the ankle - foot is by increasing the injury to the leg thigh - balanced, knee and lower leg .

25th The use of heavy boots , jackets , gloves , etc., is effective in preventing or reducing abrasions and cuts, which are often , but rarely severe injuries.

26th Speed, alcohol and motorcycle size increade the severity of injuries .

27th Sixty - three percent of the accidents involved motorcyclists use any eye protection, and it is likely that the wind on their unprotected eyes contributes to impairment of vision , delayed hazard detection .

28th Approximately 50% of motorcycle helmets use the traffic safety, but only 40 % wear a helmet at the time of the accident.

29th Volunteers wearing of helmets by motorcyclists accidents was involved , the lowest for untrained , uneducated , young motorcycle riders on hot days and short trips .

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

31st The use of the safety helmet is the single determining factor for the prevention or reduction of head injuries.

32nd The abiblity hear or see the driver is not reduced by the use of a safety helmet , nor cause fatigue or loss of attention, is no element of accident causation in connection with use of helmet.

33rd Carry rider and passenger helmets showed significantly lower head and Halsverletzungenfür all types of injury , at all levels of injury severity .

34th The increased coverage of the full-face protective helmet increases protection , and reduced facial injuries significantly .

35th There is no increase in neck injury by wearing a safety helmet; helmeted riders have fewer neck injuries , the riders without helmets .