In this video attorney Ted Spaulding reviews what makes motorcycle accidents a unique type of personal injury case, and what challenges they can present. He includes details regarding the legal process in Georgia and what complexities can arise. Hi, I’m Ted Spaulding. I’m an Atlanta personal injury trial attorney and…
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Driving can be a stressful experience for everyone. While some drivers are able to cope with frustrating conditions such as weather, traffic, running late, or other drivers, others are not nearly as patient. Aggressive driving can be extremely dangerous for everyone on the road and has the potential to result…
Buses operated by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) are a common sight on Atlanta roadways. In fact, the MARTA bus system had a daily ridership of 193,100 people each day in 2012. While public transportation is generally safe, MARTA buses are occasionally involved in accidents that the potential…
Rear-end accidents are one of the most dangerous types car accidents that can happen. Often, the driver in the lead vehicle is unaware that a collision is about to occur and can do nothing to try and avoid the accident or brace him or herself for an impact. Rear-end accidents…
We all have a duty to keep ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and our communities safe right now. This means temporarily reshaping the way we live our lives to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). At Spaulding Injury Law, we are taking this duty seriously and are practicing the “social distancing” guidelines…
Trying to figure out who was at fault for an accident sometimes can be cut and dry. Other times, there are a lot of different complexities that can impact how an investigation goes. It’s not always so easy to figure out who is at fault, especially of both sides refuse…
Today, I wanted to talk about a topic I saw go around about a week ago. I thought it was good for us to get it out there to discuss it further. I found it quite interesting and looked it up to make sure. What is it about? It’s about…
Recently the state of Utah just passed a lane filtering bill. I’ve gotten several questions asking “Do we have bills that are currently working its way through Georgia on lane splitting and where are we with that process?” My understanding is this is a big issue here in Georgia. As…
As you can imagine, my Lawrenceville motorcycle crash law firm has seen almost everything when it comes to representing motorcycle riders after being injured in an accident. That being said, this blog is a reminder to keep an appropriate gap between you and the vehicle in front of you when you’re stopped…
As an Alpharetta motorcycle accident lawyer, I want to give you guys some legal tips to think about when handling motorcycle property damage claims. Typically, we handle these cases free of charge as part of representing the injury side of a motorcycle wreck. We will get involved when the client can’t…
Georgia’s Lemon Law is another example of how motorcycle riders are treated differently than ordinary, four-wheel vehicles and the general public, not only by the public but also in the law itself. Keep reading to see what our Cumming motorcycle lawyers think about the subject. What Is Georgia’s Lemon Law? Now,…
We’ve had a ton of rain over the past 3-4 months in the state of Georgia and in particularly in Atlanta. These tips my motorcycle accident law firm will provide are timely, especially now that we’re getting close to spring in the next couple of months and will have some more rain…
As a Lawrenceville motorcycle lawyer, I want to talk about a safety tip that is good to incorporate into your daily riding habits. It’s one that you don’t normally think about, especially in this day and age with the bikes that are coming out with safety features like better lighting, hi-def…
In this article, my Savannah motorcycle accident law firm wants to give you a legal tip in case you are injured in a motorcycle accident or quite frankly, even if it’s in one of your everyday vehicles. Does The Hospital Scam Injury Victims? We’ve seen this in the past couple of years…
If you are a biker, you may have some questions about modulating headlights. Luckily, our Atlanta motorcycle accident law firm can help. So, does Georgia law allow modulating headlights? And if so, what are the parameters of the law with regard to it? The answer to that question is really simple. Georgia…
It’s the end of the riding season, and I know a lot of you like to put your bike up for the winter. Therefore, my Cumming motorcycle accident law firm wants to provide information on how best to winterize your bike. There are two ways to do it. You’ve got the minimum…
As an Alpharetta motorcycle accident lawyer, I know that a lot of riders drive four-wheeled vehicles and are weekend warriors with bikes. They don’t ride them every day. You’re riding your everyday four-wheel vehicle to and from work and picking up the kids and everything else. Check Your Motorcycle Tires More Than…
As a Cumming motorcycle law firm, I want to start with a story that I saw all online, and it’s about a guy who had recently got back into riding bikes. He was a big bike rider in the ’70s and was out of it for about 20 years. He comes…
This blog is for my Harley Davidson riders, but it’s a good reminder in general to be monitoring recalls. As motorcycle accident lawyers, I know that you’re supposed to be getting recall information in the mail, sometimes by e-mail as well, but it’s always good to monitor these types of things…
Today, my Savannah motorcycle accident law firm wants to talk about cornering and specifically traction. I know it’s a big issue among motorcycle riders and it came up for me recently with the loss of a Mr. Sharp. He’s the individual that I posted about who lost control of his bike on…
As a Savannah motorcycle lawyer, with every single motorcycle wreck case that I’ve received, we’ve got an at-fault party who’s dead to rights at fall. Yet, they are jumping out screaming to the hilltops and to the cops that they aren’t at fault. The motorcycle rider must’ve done something, didn’t have…
As a Savannah motorcycle lawyer, there’s a certain issue that we are aware of in the motorcycle community, and it is biker profiling. However, there’s a particular angle to this profiling of bikers that is most of what we see in the field, and that is profiling by police officers and…
As an Atlanta motorcycle accident attorney, I have to ask, how many of you know that Georgia Law requires that your headlamps be illuminated at all times while you are riding on the roads of Georgia? In fact, it is a moving violation if you don’t have them on and, more…
In this article, I discuss what are the best insurance companies for bikers to cover their motorcycle, and is there a chart of how much insurance that you should get coverage-wise specifically for UM and MedPay? Which Insurance Company Is The Best For Bikers? As a motorcycle accident law firm in…
I recently made a video comparing the accident statistics between interstate and surface roads and the conclusion was that surface roads have more accidents involving motorcyclists than on the freeway. As an Atlanta motorcycle accident attorney, I was asked to go into a little more in-depth regarding the specificity of fatality…
I wanted to do this video to show you how you can be armed with another tool to protect yourself in the event you’re in a wreck caused by another driver. Hopefully, that doesn’t happen, but you need to be protected in advance in case. I’ve championed UM Insurance in…
Obviously, the perception is that the sports bikes have a higher rate of fatality than the cruiser bikes. It turns out that is correct, so there is no surprise there. The last study that I could find that was done back in 2010 and it shows that sports bikes per…
In this blog, I want to discuss another motorcycle safety myth. The myth that I have for you today is that streets and roadways are safer than the highway for motorcyclists. As an Atlanta motorcycle accident attorney, I have to tell you that it’s an absolute myth. There was a study several years ago…
When an automobile crashes into a motorcycle from behind, if the motorcyclist survives, his or her injuries will probably be catastrophic and life-altering. What are the most likely injuries that a motorcyclist will suffer in such a scenario? And what is a motorcyclist’s recourse in Georgia if he or she…
Today I want to talk about a very dangerous situation that has come to the forefront this summer. I’ve seen a lot of people talking about it in motorcycle groups, and as a Cumming motorcycle accident lawyer, I have actually just had an accident here recently by a motorcycle rider losing…
What To Do After Sustaining Motorcycle Injuries in Atlanta On Someone Else’s Bike As a motorcycle accident law firm in Alpharetta, I wanted to do this video today because I was asked a question that brings up a good subtopic that I’ve talked about before, which is insurance, particularly UM insurance and…
Can Witness Information Help? Being a motorcycle accident attorney, this is something that I see constantly that becomes a big problem in motorcycle wreck cases, and that is police officers seem to almost consistently not put witness information on a police report. So, you get in a wreck, you’ve got one…
What Is The Highway 80 Infrastructure? I want to highlight a really neat motorcycle advocacy piece that the State of Georgia has taken the lead on. I’ll also explain to you the two reasons why I think it’s important for us to highlight this petition and how a motorcycle accident law…
How Wearing A Helmet Can Affect Your Motorcycle Accident Claim in Georgia Being that I am a motorcycle accident attorney, I want to talk about helmet use and whether an insurance company can deny coverage under your policy either for property damage or for an injury if you’re not wearing a…
I’m going to talk about a heated debate that I recently had about the ever-controversial helmet issue. The other party said to me that he thought that the Georgia helmet law ought to go to the Texas model, and perhaps modified a little bit. First, let me tell you what the…
The other day I had someone reach out to me and ask me a question because he had recently been in a wreck. He’s got a motorcycle accident lawyer already, but his question was about property damage on his bike and how the property damage insurance claims process works. Can he get…
Today I want to provide my professional opinion as a motorcycle accident attorney and talk about a study that I saw regarding forward collision warning systems and whether they are really calibrated to help protect motorcycle riders as well as the general public on four-wheel vehicles. What I had found is the…
I will continue to break down the report that was released last month from the Governors Highway Safety Association on crashes in 2017 and more specifically, fatalities involving motorcyclists. To remind you, the report says that there were just shy of 5,000 motorcyclist deaths last year from vehicle collisions. As…
As a motorcycle accident attorney, I want to explain why I think it is so vitally important that you get as much UM Insurance as possible, how it works and what’s the best UM insurance available. This goes beyond just motorcycle wreck cases, it will also apply to the other vehicles…
What Do Studies Say About The “Loud Pipes Save Lives” Motto? Being that I am a motorcycle accident attorney, I found a study that studied this phrase and whether the loudness of the pipes, exhaust pipes of the bike, lead and correlated to less motorcycle wreck events. What they found was…
Today, I want to highlight some great news that came out Wednesday that involves the protection rights of motorcyclists. Many of you have probably heard about this news, but in case you didn’t, here is what happened. On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court came out with a ruling in a…
Today, my motorcycle accident law firm in Cumming wants to talk about what the state of Michigan did several years ago to combat the unendorsed motorcycle rider issue in that state. I also want to discuss the takeaways of this and how they relate to bikers in the state of Georgia and…
Last week, the Governor’s Highway Safety Association’s annual reported the numbers for motorcycle fatalities for 2017. The good news is there was a marked decrease in the number of motorcycle fatalities in comparison to 2016, with the decrease being 5.6%. Let our Alpharetta motorcycle accident law firm explain. What Do These Statistics…
Today, I want to discuss an article that’s been going around some of the biker groups here in Georgia and throughout the United States. Some of the takeaways are for the safety of all motorcycle riders and what advocacy groups can do to start getting involved with some of the…
In this video, I want to provide some safety tips about what to do when you’re entering a blind curve. If you end up hitting your front tire with either loose gravel, sand, leaves, grass, whatever it is, a hazard on the road, but you’re hitting it on a blind…
I recently read a report from the Federal Highway Administration that discussed the top 10 infrastructure concerns for motorcyclists in the United States. While reading this, I found the number one concern to be quite interesting, and I looked up more about this concern, and what’s going on in the…
Today, I want to talk about things to look for to ensure that you purchase a DOT-compliant motorcycle helmet the next time you’re in the market for one. First, there are two things that our motorcycle accident law firm knows; one, you got to have a DOT required helmet, it’s the law…
Motorcycle Safety Tips For Riders in Atlanta How dangerous are motorcycles? According to motorcycle accident statistics, they’re far more dangerous than cars. As a motorcycle accident lawyer, I want to provide you with three of the best motorcycle riding tips I could find on how a biker in Atlanta can avoid…
I want to discuss a key point to motorcycle helmet safety that I recently came across. No, it’s not to preach to you that you need to wear helmets and that they have to be a DOT regulated helmet for proper safety. The point of this post is that you…
What is the Most Important Motorcycle Safety Feature? As a motorcycle accident attorney, I want to talk about the number one safety feature that you can either add to your motorcycle for a couple of hundred dollars, or you ought to look to get as a standard feature on your next bike purchase….
In this video, I want to give you some info on the number one thing that you can do before you get on your bike to protect yourself and your family. What Can You Do To Protect Yourself On Your Next Ride? The point is to provide you and your…
As motorcycle injury attorneys, we have seen it far too often. Big insurance companies regularly employ tactics to try to avoid paying you full and fair value for your injuries following a motorcycle accident. In fact, many if not most insurance companies offer their claims representatives bonuses for getting you to…
No rider ever plans to be in a motorcycle accident, but part of being a good rider means being prepared for the unexpected. This mantra not only helps you avoid accidents. It is also critical to making sure you are able to recover full compensation from an insurance company if…
As Georgia injury and wrongful death attorneys, we occasionally see other attorneys marketing themselves as motorcycle injury attorneys in Cumming who also ride motorcycles. You may have seen them too. A picture of the lawyer in a suit sitting on his or her beautiful motorcycle with the caption reading “Injured While Riding?…
Motorcycle crashes are serious because there really is no such thing as a fender bender or minor accident for a rider. Every motorcycle crash has the potential to cause serious injuries to the rider, and even avoiding a vehicle crash can seriously injure a rider if they have to lay…
We find that many individuals who call us for help with serious injuries sustained after an auto accident do not realize that there are potentially more sources of insurance coverage than just the at-fault driver’s automobile policy. This is a good thing because more often than not, we see car…
What is the Georgia Helmet Law For Motorcyclists? As a motorcycle accident lawyer in Atlanta, I can tell you that Georgia law requires all operators of motorcycles and those riding on a motorcycle to wear a regulation compliant helmet at all times while the motorcycle is moving. Under the law, a…
If you are injured in a car wreck caused by another driver, you will likely find yourself with a wide range of bills and out of pocket costs. Your vehicle will need repairs, you may have to rent a car in the interim, you will have medical bills and prescription…
How to Get A Police Report After A Car Accident in Lawrenceville It’s important to report an accident to a police officer that comes to the scene and creates a report containing the details of the crash. As a car accident law firm in Lawrenceville, we can tell you that there…
If you live in Atlanta, Georgia, you are no stranger to dangerous highways. Although the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is doing their best to make these roads safer, it will take time. The following highways are some of the most hazardous in the state of Georgia, and we urge you…
Our motorcycle accident lawyers know that it’s tough to resist the thrill of riding a motorcycle. They are so much fun to ride! However, you are considerably more at risk if you do. For most motorcycle riders, the risk is worth it, but it only takes one accident to change…
In Georgia, most drivers view it as standard practice to call 911 to report any auto accident they have been involved in. Such a 911 call will result in a police officer responding to the scene to investigate the crash and an ambulance will usually be dispatched as well if…
Accidents lead to numerous different types of injuries including herniated or ruptured spinal discs. Spinal discs are made of supple pads that fill in the gap between the bones in the spinal column or vertebrae. A slipped disc happens when the inner material of the spinal disc swells, causing pressure…
Our motorcycle accident lawyers know that riding a motorcycle always comes with inherent dangers. Any type of collision can cause serious injuries to a motorcyclist since there is no metal frame, seat belts, or airbags to protect them from the impact like in a passenger vehicle. Rear-end collisions1 can be especially dangerous for individuals…
Construction is an extremely dangerous profession. Workers regularly suffer injuries in a variety of accidents, including electrocutions, falls, and much more. Workers who work in road construction have even more risks to deal with every day. In turn, the workers are also at risk of causing injury to others who…
Our Lawrenceville motorcycle accident law firm knows that accidents involving any type of motor vehicle have the potential to cause severe injuries. However, some forms of transportation are riskier than others. People who ride motorcycles are often at a high risk of suffering particularly serious injuries in the event of a collision….
