The Best Motorcycle Lawyer
How Do You Find The Right Lawyer for a Motorcycle Accident?I have a funny reluctance to write this, but the truth is that it’s about time.nbsp; I try to speak frankly, and it doesn’t make sense to avoid this topic.br /br /In the last couple of years, every lawyer on the planet seems to claim expertise in motorcycle accidents.nbsp; Many of these so-called motorcycle lawyers haven’t actually handled a case themselves in years, much less a motorcycle case.nbsp; Lots of them don’t ride, and never have.nbsp; None of them care about motorcyclists, except as a source of income.br /br /There is a theory that it takes 12000 hours to become really expert at anything.nbsp; For a lawyer, that would be roughly the equivalent of 6 years handling nothing but motorycle cases.nbsp; br /br /I have no hesitation in saying that I have that, and more.nbsp; There are only a handful of other lawyers that can say the same.br /br /Every week, in addition to handling cases, I read literature that makes me better at what I do.nbsp; I read Cycle World, Motorcyclist, American Iron, Ride, Bike, Robb Report Motorcycling, the AMA Journal, and rotate others, I read many, many online postings, I circulate at dealerships and motorcycle related retail stores, and I read technical material, including human factors and accident reconstruction.br /br /Let’s face it — most motorcycle accidents involve getting cut off by a left hand turning vehicle, someone coming out of a driveway, or coming across at an intersection.nbsp; Add in the accidents caused when someone tries to change lanes through the motorcyclist, and you have most of it.br /br /This seems like a simple set of fact patterns, but a lot takes place.nbsp; How you handle these facts makes a huge difference in how the case comes out.br /br /Most accident reconstruction involves figuring out how fast the vehicles were traveling, and who had time to do what.nbsp; This focuses on quot;perception timequot; and quot;reaction timequot;.nbsp; Invariably, even experienced accident reconstruction experts use the same times that they use for automobile accidents.nbsp; These figures are usually wrong.br /br /A motorcyclist faces a different situation when someone cuts in front of him.nbsp; Let’s face it — more is at stake, and it takes more skill and more doing for a motorcyclist to brake, swerve, or brake and then swerve.nbsp; It also takes more time.nbsp; Obviously, it is faster to take your foot off the gas than it is to separately operate a clutch lever, a hand operated brake, a foot operated brake, a throttle, and to counter steer and lean to initiate a turn.nbsp; br /br /My point — the more time it takes, the more time it requires to avoid an accident.br /br /If an attorney can’t put this together on the fly, under fire, they can’t really do what the motorcyclist needs.br /br /Good advertising is no substitute for real hands on experience.br /br /Oh, yeah, another thing, 30 or 40 years on motorcycles helps, too.br /br /As summer comes, I know that I will be spending a lot of my time finding real motorcycle lawyers for riders all over the country.nbsp; br /br /If it isn’t that easy for me to do, what chance does a rider have when they have a motorcycle accident, and are faced with a mass of advertising from lawyers who are good at — advertising?br /br /My apologies for what may sound self-serving, but it was more than high time someone said it.br /
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The Best Motorcycle Lawyer