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April showers may bring May flowers but the warmer weather of springtime is also bringing more motorcycles to streets and highways across the United States. Indeed, given the fact that a large swath of the population of the country has been tucked away at home as the result of stay at home directives in recent weeks, motorcyclists from coast to coast see particularly enthusiastic about hitting the road now that enjoyable springtime weather has arrived. With more bikes on the…

Distracted Driving and Immediate Memory Loss Ups Rate of Biker Deaths Between 4,300 to 4,800 motorcyclists are killed annually in accidents across the United States. Thousands more sustain injuries in bike accidents, including highly serious and even debilitating injuries. A considerable percentage of these accidents involve automobile drivers colliding with bikers. Of that number, an alarming number of motorcyclists are killed or injured at intersections when car drivers without the right of way collide with bikers. These are some of…

Commercial Truck Driver Kills Seven Motorcyclists, Injures Three More A 23-year old man has been taken into custody and has been charged with seven counts of negligent homicide following a horrific accident involving this young man and 10 motorcyclists on a New Hampshire highway. The now-incarcerated man was driving a truck, with a trailer in tow, over the weekend of June 22 and 23, 2019. According to preliminary reports from investigators, the man diving the truck who is now facing…

As we all know, motorcycle accidents can lead to serious injuries to the cyclist and passenger. Many such injuries will lead to short- to long-term disability and, tragically, even death. It is often necessary to file a lawsuit to insure the accident victim and his or her family will be compensated for their losses. In today’s post, the Abilene motorcycle accident lawyer at the Doan Law Firm will explain how a motorcycle accident reconstruction specialist can strengthen an accident victim’s…

Reports say that according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, cell phone use played a role in 18 percent of all fatal distracted driving crashes. More than three-quarters of teens under 17 have cell phones, and almost 90% of those use texting. Moreover, more than half of those texters use the capability daily, the majority more than 50 texts a day.  Of those, more than a third admitted to texting while driving, reports say. And up to 40% of…