#motorcycle collisions

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Call our trusted Woodbridge motorcycle accident lawyers when you experience injuries in a motorbike crash due to someone else's negligence.

In motorcycle collisions, bikers face a greater risk of severe injuries or death due to their lack of protection. Woodbridge motorcycle accident lawyers at Fredson Statmore Bitterman can help guide you through the claims process to fight for justice and compensation.

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Tips to Avoiding Three Common Motorcycle Accidents

Avoiding motorcycle collisions is a simple way to ride safely and avoid dangerous accidents. Knowing what the most common accidents are can help you learn to avoid them safely.

Blind Corner

Common accidents around blind corners often have more to do with what’s on the ground such as leaves, sand and gravel. The bike front tire hits the patch and you wipe out. However, if you take your time around the blind corner and maintain a safe speed, you can often avoid the patch then speed up.

Lane Changes

Drivers often don’t see motorcycles riding in their blind spots especially during high traffic times. The driver can mistakenly move into your lane quickly and without warning leaving you nowhere to go. Understanding where the motor vehicle blind spots are and staying out of them can help you avoid being hit during a lane change.

Left Turns

A driver turning left and hitting a motorcycle is the most common accident. The driver may hit you because they had trouble judging your speed or don’t even see you. Paying attention and anticipating other driver’s actions can help you avoid this common accident. Be prepared to slow your speed and perform evasive maneuvers if the driver does pull out in front of you.

Avoiding these common motorcycle collisions can keep you safer. The more skill you have as a rider the better you are able to avoid an accident.

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Southern California Sees Increase in (Deadly) Motorcycle Crashes

California has seen a significant increase in motorcycle use on the roads in the past 10 years, and consequentially, California has also seen a significant increase in motorcycle accidents in the past 10 years.  According to the Orange County Register, the radio station KPCC found a 23 percent increase in motorcycle collisions and fatalities in California from 2003 to 2012.  In Los Angeles County alone, motorcycle accidents have increased by 49 percent since 2003, and between 2010 and 2012, there was a 59 percent increase in fatal motorcycle crashes. 

While there has been an increase in motorcycle registration since 2010 in both Los Angeles and Orange County, that increase has only been by 5 percent, which means the increase in use is not the only explanation for the increase in accidents.  Experts are wondering whether the cause of the increase in motorcycle accidents has to do with the fact that commuters who previously registered their motorcycles are now starting to use them more often than they used to, perhaps to save money on gas, or to get to their destination faster by weaving between lanes and avoiding traffic jams.  California is, after all, the only state in the country where lane-splitting (driving between lanes on a motorcycle) is actually legal.  Interestingly, some proponents argue that lane-splitting is actually safer than driving in a lane, because of less likelihood of rear ending another car, or being rear ended.  But lane splitting always presents the danger of colliding when another car decides to change lanes onto a lane-splitting motorcycle.  And while a motorcycle driver may be able to sue such a car for damages stemming from the collision, those damages might not be able to reverse permanent injuries (or death) sustained as a result of the collision.

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Motorcycle Crash Compilation Videos

Use extra caution when driving a Motorcycle.  Whether riding a street bike, road bike, or dirt bike, make sure to keep distance between you and other vehicles and always drive defensively!  Take a look at these Motorcycle Collision Videos on Social Media. Facebook

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New device hopes to reduce Motorcycle rear-end collisions

Look ma, no brakes!

But slow down anyway! California startup Vectolabs has developed a new type of safety light for motorcycles that illuminates when the bike slows down, regardless of whether or not the rider is using the brakes. Called Vololights, the device is comprised of two sets of LEDs built into a license plate holder that’s fitted with an accelerometer and CPU. When it senses that the motorcycle it is installed on starts slowing down, a pattern of blinking lights goes off to get the attention of following vehicles. Since motorcycles decelerate much quicker than four-wheel vehicles when you let up on the accelerator or downshift, many riders don’t use the brakes to slow down as often as car and truck drivers do. Doing either of these things will cause the Vololights to flash twice per second, while using the brakes will flash them five times per second to indicate a more severe stopping event, augmenting the motorcycle’s stock lights.

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New Post has been published on Head Down Throttle Back Motorsports

New Post has been published on http://headdownmoto.com/new-device-hopes-to-reduce-motorcycle-rear-end-collisions/

New device hopes to reduce Motorcycle rear-end collisions

Look ma, no brakes!

But slow down anyway! California startup Vectolabs has developed a new type of safety light for motorcycles that illuminates when the bike slows down, regardless of whether or not the rider is using the brakes. Called Vololights, the device is comprised of two sets of LEDs built into a license plate holder that’s fitted with an accelerometer and CPU. When it senses that the motorcycle it is installed on starts slowing down, a pattern of blinking lights goes off to get the attention of following vehicles. Since motorcycles decelerate much quicker than four-wheel vehicles when you let up on the accelerator or downshift, many riders don’t use the brakes to slow down as often as car and truck drivers do. Doing either of these things will cause the Vololights to flash twice per second, while using the brakes will flash them five times per second to indicate a more severe stopping event, augmenting the motorcycle’s stock lights.