Bicycle Accidents
Riding a bicycle in your neighborhood, at the beach or elsewhere should be an enjoyable and relaxing experience. Unfortunately, motorists often fail to realize bicyclists share equal rights with those who drive a car, truck or motorcycle on Florida roadways. Through the negligence, inattentiveness or willfulness of other motor vehicle drivers, accidents involving a bicyclist and a motorist occur. These accidents often result when a motor vehicle driver:
- Fails to look before pulling into or out of a driveway;
- Makes a right turn into a cross walk and hit a bicyclist;
- Drives through a red light;
- Fails to stop at a stop sign;
- Fails to yield;
- Fails to look to the right when crossing a sidewalk;
- Drives while intoxicated or drunk;
- Fails to obey traffic signs;
- Fails to obey traffic signals.
A bicyclist may also be rear ended or side swiped by a vehicle following or passing too closely. Because the bicyclist is essentially unprotected in the collision, serious injuries such as a broken leg, broken arm, road rash, neck injury, back injury, shoulder and knee injury, amputation or even death can result. If you would like to discuss the specifics of your bicycle accident, you may reach me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 321-723-1997. I look forward to speaking with you.
Pedestrian Accidents
An accident where an individual walking, jogging or standing on or near a roadway is struck by a vehicle often times results in serious injury or even death. Injuries involving broken bones, lacerations, road rash, shoulder and knee injury, head injury, traumatic brain injury, neck and back injury are very common. Often times fault in such cases is disputed making it vital that an appropriate investigation be promptly undertaken and completed to gather all relevant accident facts and secure the evidence needed to effectively represent the victim of such an accident. Pedestrian accidents often result when automobile drivers:
- Fail to look before pulling into or out of a driveway;
- Make a right turn into a cross walk and hit a pedestrian;
- Drive through a red light;
- Fail to stop at a stop sign;
- Fail to yield;
- Fail to look to the right when crossing a sidewalk;
- Drive while intoxicated or drunk;
- Fail to obey traffic signs;
- Fail to obey traffic signals.
If you would like to discuss the specifics of your pedestrian accident, you may reach me 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 321-723-1997. I look forward to speaking with you.