Motorcycle Accidents

Now that the holiday season is here, the invitations to parties and other activities are probably starting to trickle in. If you opt to ride your motorcycle to any of these events, be sure that you have a plan to get home if you plan on drinking alcohol. Even though motorcycles are often associated with the rough and tumble party…

A man and his wife were riding their motorcycles in Georgia when they were hit by an 18-year-old driver in a Ford F-150 — a full-sized pickup truck. The man, who is 58 years old, survived the accident with injuries. His wife, who was 50, passed away from hers. According to the Georgia State Patrol, a second vehicle was involved.…

Many tragic accidents occur across the country, including ones that involve motorcyclists in Atlanta, Georgia. Many of those accident arise due to distracted and inattentive driving. The American Motorcyclist Association acknowledges that this is a problem affecting motorcyclists as well as drivers of other vehicles and pedestrians. The AMA states that distracted and inattentive driving is a danger to everyone.…

Riding motorcycles on city streets can be a dangerous thing, with every imperfection of the roads potentially affecting motorcycles more than bigger vehicles. Additionally, motorcycles can be hard for some drivers to control. In other cases, motorcycles can get smashed into by the larger vehicles. That happened in a high-profile Georgia case in which a verdict was recently announced. The…

When you ride a motorcycle in Georgia, there are certain standards that should be met or you may get into an accident that causes injury. For instance, your helmet must meet certain standards. You should wear an approved helmet. Many motorcycles end up in crashes, mostly due to inexperienced driving. One in five accidents that involve motorcycles end up with…

Motorcycle riding includes inherent dangers, making it incumbent upon motorcycle riders to do everything that they can to minimize the risks to others as well as to themselves. So, this winter, what can they do? One is to keep from having your faculties hobbled by freezing temperatures. You can strive towards accomplishing that by suiting up every time you get…

Much attention is accorded to car crashes, but motorcycle crashes can be just as deadly to those driving them, to their passengers and to anyone they hit. Because of that, it is important for everyone to know the facts about motorcycle crashes. According to a National Highway Safety Administration report from 2013, there were 4,668 fatalities that directly resulted from…

The American Motorcyclist Association has stated that one of the main reasons that people are involved in both accidents and near misses while riding is because they—or the driver of another vehicle—are distracted. In recent years, distraction has soared to become a near epidemic that factors into more and more incidents—often with deadly implications. The reason for this, in large…

As you ride your motorcycle in Georgia, you know that there are a fair amount of risks stemming from other drivers. For example, drivers frequently don’t see motorcycles due to their small size, and so they cut them off, turn left in front of them and merge into lanes they already occupy. On top of these traditional risks, you also…

The aftermath of any motorcycle has the potential to be absolutely devastating. In many cases, a rider is killed in a crash. Loved ones can find it extraordinarily difficult to try to move forward and cope with the loss. Even if a motorcyclist survives a crash, it is still very likely that he or she will have to deal with…