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In vehicle collisions, motorcycle riders are twenty-eight times more likely to die than vehicle occupants. Riders are completely exposed to danger, unlike sheltered and restrained vehicle occupants. The serious injury rate is also much higher in motorcycle crash cases. These injuries include things like head injuries, badly broken bones, and severe lacerations. To build a [...]
According to one prominent study, about a third of motorcycle crashes happen when the motorist makes an unprotected turn in traffic and steers directly into a rider’s path. Typically, that maneuver is a U-turn, an unprotected left turn across traffic, or a sudden lane change. SMIDSY (sorry, mate, I didn’t see you) crashes might be [...]
In most parts of the country, motorcycle accidents decline sharply from the late fall to the early spring. But in Florida, the weather is generally warm all year long, so riders are out all year long. Since there are more riders on the roads, one might think that vehicle operators are more cautious around motorcycles [...]
The Orlando Sentinel reported that a fatal accident occurred in the early morning hours of September 30, 2014 involving a car and a motorcycle. The accident occurred when Edward Foster’s Pontiac Vibe pulled out in front of Robert Heery’s 2007 Harley-Davidson on Cypress Parkway at San Clemente Avenue. The Polk County Sheriff's Office reported that [...]
