As a Montgomery County motorcycle injury attorney, I found myself reading an item posted by the Montgomery County Police Reporter about a new year’s motorcycle wreck. The title of the article, Motorcycle T-Bones Vehicle, made it initially sound as though the biker were to blame. But upon closer reading of the article, I found that the car driver assumed she had the right of way and failed to yield the right of way to the motorcycle rider.
A rider northbound on a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-64 on the US 59 feeder road at East River Road in Splendora received transport to a regional hospital after crashing into a Honda. The Honda, westbound on East River Road, had paused at a stop sign. The Honda’s driver admitted that she saw the approaching Kawasaki Ninja. She apparently assumed the intersection was a 4-way stop as she pulled into the intersection in front of the biker. The stop sign at which the Honda driver had paused was marked with a clear warning that cross traffic does not stop.
Such motorcycle accidents and the car driver negligence that causes them occur frequently. Studies show that motorcycles lack visibility in car drivers’ perceptions and that car drivers assign them a lower priority than larger vehicles. If the vehicle crossing on the US 59 feeder road had been a car or a truck, the Honda driver might have consciously noticed the warning sign stating that approaching traffic does not stop.
This motorcycle accident in Montgomery County resulted from car driver negligence. But that doesn’t mean that the injured motorcycle rider will have an easy time of obtaining the financial compensation he justly deserves because of his needless injuries. This bike wreck was completely avoidable. Had the car driver only paid closer attention to the stop warnings and the approaching Kawasaki Ninja, this motorcycle accident need not have occurred.
But insurers and juries alike tend to assign the blame for motorcycle accidents to the bikers, who they tend to perceive as reckless, dangerous drivers. Negligent car drivers derive an advantage from this inherent public bias against bikers. And bikers have an uphill battle collecting compensation awards due to them because of car driver negligence.
If you’re a biker who’s been injured by car driver negligence, you could benefit from the services of an experienced motorcycle accident lawyer as you pursue your accident injury claim. Contact the experienced Montgomery County motorcycle injury attorneys at Denena & Points for your free legal consultation. Let us explain your legal options in the context of your specific accident. Learn how our personal injury expertise and extensive knowledge of the special concerns of motorcycle accident cases could guide you to a successful financial recovery for your undeserved injuries. Call today: 877-307-9500.