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Southern California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer’s Top Ten Common Mistakes Made by People in a Ca Motorcycle Accident
1. Not looking out for bikers.
2. Antagonizing bikers.
3. Annoying bikers.
4. Stopping suddenly in the middle of the road because you saw something interesting.
5. Changing lanes without thinking to look in your blind spot.
6. Throwing something out the window that hits a biker.
7. Turning at the last second.
8. Attempting to eat a juicy piece of fruit, and looking where you just dribbled some juice down your clothing.
9. Swerving out of control after hitting a large accumulation of water or soft drink from a soft drink truck.
10. Just plain running into someone.
Here are ten useful tips of advice from a Southern California motorcycle accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a motorcycle accident in Southern California, or any city in Southern CA, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and learning how we can assist you.
Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it’s probably been at least a few days since the accident. However, if it’s only been a few hours or if you ever have another accident, here’s what you should do the next time from the start.
First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.
Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.
Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.
Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.
Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.
Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.
Seventh, call a good Southern California motorcycle accident lawyer as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the Southern California attorney can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good Southern California motorcycle accident lawyer can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having a Southern California attorney, think again. A good Southern California motorcycle accident lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most Southern California motorcycle accident lawyers advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.
Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain a Southern California attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your Southern California lawyer can give you the form for this.
Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.
Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.
If you’ve had a Southern California motorcycle accident in Riverside County, San Bernardino County, or in the Coachella Valley, on the Central Coast or in the Imperial Valley or cities such as San Diego, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Orange County, Yorba Linda, Tustin, Lake Forest, Fountain Valley, Rancho Santa Margarita, Newport Beach, Anaheim, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, Costa Mesa, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Southern California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer and your Southern CA Motorcycle Accident Attorney.
Be sure to hire a Southern California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.
If you have a Southern CA personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com and learn how we can assist you.
About the Author
The Sebastian Gibson Law Firm serves auto, motorcycle and truck accident victims in all of Southern California and cities and areas such as Riverside County, the Inland Empire, the Coachella Valley, San Bernardino County, San Diego, Palm Desert, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Orange County, Yorba Linda, Tustin, Lake Forest, Fountain Valley, Rancho Santa Margarita, Newport Beach, Anaheim, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, and Costa Mesa. We also serve bicycle, pedestrian and car accident clients from Palm Springs and Palm Desert to Indio, from San Diego to Carlsbad, the Central Coast of Southern CA, Imperial County, Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga, from Long Beach to San Luis Obispo, from Palmdale to Victorville, and all of Southern California.
Visit our website at http://www.sebastiangibsonlaw.com if you have a Southern California personal injury legal matter of any kind. We have the knowledge and resources to represent you as your Southern California Motorcycle Accident Lawyer and Southern CA Motorcycle Accident Attorney or your Southern California attorney in and around the cities of Oceanside, La Jolla, Del Mar, Chula Vista, El Cajon and Escondido. We also serve Corona, Temecula, Murrieta, Riverside, San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Fontana, Vista, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Pacific Beach and Newport Coast in Southern California.
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