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Corona Pedestrian Accident Lawyer’s Top Ten Things You Wish You’d Said to the Driver Who Hit You After a Pedestrian Accident

November 10th, 2011 No comments

1. Okay, who was it that put a hit out on my life? What did they pay you to run me over?

 

2. Wow. A crosswalk. Flashing crosswalk lights. In the middle of the day. Guess that just wasn’t enough. Who knew?

3. Well, I’m wearing a white shirt, white tennis shoes, I’m walking a bike with reflectors on the wheels, I’m in a crosswalk and the crosswalk lights were flashing. Was there something else you thought I should have done?

 

4. Hey, moron, you missed my dog and only hit me. Couldn’t hit us both?

 

5. Stay here so when the police come I can borrow their taser and try it out on you.

 

6. Could you just tell me was it just me or would you have hit anyone?

 

7. Do you have a recent medical condition of stupid, or were you born that way?

 

8. You really have a unique driving skill there. Empty road, big shoulder. Not a car in sight and you manage to hit me.

 

9. I know it’s the middle of the day and all. But golly gee, are you nuts or what?

 

10. Do you see what you did to my bike? Now tell me again I don’t look hurt to you.

Here are ten additional tips of advice to follow if you have been in a pedestrian accident. You can also learn more about how to handle an accident in Corona, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or by visiting our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learning how we can assist you

 

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it may have been a few hours since the accident. However, if you ever have another accident, or if it’s only been a few hours since you were hurt, here’s what you should do from the start.

 

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

 

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

 

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

 

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

 

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

 

Seventh, call a good pedestrian accident lawyer as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the attorney can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good pedestrian accident lawyer can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an attorney, think again. A good pedestrian accident lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most pedestrian accident attorneys advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

 

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

 

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

 

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

 

If you’ve had a pedestrian accident in Corona, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, Temecula, Murrieta, Riverside, San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Fontana, Palmdale, Victorville, Hesperia, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Corona Pedestrian Accident Lawyer and your Ontario Pedestrian Accident Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

 

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learn how we can assist you.

R. Sebastian Gibson

Do you think Obama, US IL State Senator, is doing enough to make change in Chicago?

February 28th, 2010 12 comments

Just yesterday there were 26 gang related shootings in Chicago. Obama has a voting record on this issue and it has been reported that he voted "NO" in Illinois on making gang members elgible for the death penalty if they kill someone to help their gang, and opposed legislation aimed at cracking down on gangs (HB1812, 2001). So, if he can’t or won’t help change Chicago, how will he help/change America? It seems like Chicago people need their leader at a time like this and he is no where to be found. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/21/us/21chicago.html
Some of you think it is the Mayors job – the mayor didn’t vote against legislation on tougher penalties against gang killings; Obama did.

Well – I have a friend who currently is living in Chicago and has reported seeing him getting his hair cut. So I guess Obama is making change in Chicago in terms of his hair.

I was wondering if I had a case or lawsuit against New york state or the parole board?

January 29th, 2010 4 comments

I was wondering if I had a case or lawsuit against new york state or the parole board for the death of my father. Approximately two years ago, someone attacked my father and the trauma to his head resulted in his death. This person was on parole and had killed three people prior to my father and I was shock to know that someone with such a record was out in society. He should have not been out of jail. Do you think I have a case for having this guy out on parole?against the the state or the parole board for the death of my father. please help

Sorry about your father.

You have no chance of winning such a case.

You could sue the person who attacked your father, but my guess is he would be "judgment proof." (he doesn’t have any money)

I need help, so confused about something. Good answer for 10 pts.?

December 14th, 2009 1 comment

Alright, so this guy and I started talking on myspace. (He’ve been talking almost non-stop for like 3-4 months) Usually I don’t wanna meet people from myspace but this guy and I talked like every single day for a loooong time. I’m 20, btw, and he was 22.

Well finally we decided that we wanted to meet. One day he said he wanted to pick me up and take me to six flags so we could spend a day together. (I’m having some money issues right now) But I told him no because I didn’t want him to have to spend all that money on me. But we were planning on a weekend that we could get together and hang out once I saved enough money so we could go out out to eat and have a good time. He lived in Virginia btw, I live in Maryland, but only about an hour away.

Well THEN he tells me that he was really sick with cancer. He didn’t go into much detail with it, but he said he was taking like some kind of pills to fight the cancer, I think radiation pills? I don’t know, I’m not the brightest crayon in the box so don’t take my word for it.

Next thing I know, he’s in the hospital. Won’t tell me where cause he said he didn’t want me to come visit him (cause of the way he looked I guess) or send him stuff.

Then about 20 days later he passed away, sadly. September 23rd. I found out from his best friend Brian. The thing is, there’s NO records of this guy anywhere, it’s almost like he didn’t exist and I feel HORRIBLE thinking this way because it feels like I’m degrading his name by saying he didn’t exist. Bit it does seem like he either wasn’t a real person or he’s also his friend Brian, if that makes sense, like 2 in the same. I look him up on google, nothing, I keep calling his phone and it keeps ringing. It’s been Over 10 days now! Wouldn’t his phone be dead by now, or SOMEONE had picked up? Then I asked his friend Brian to tell me where the viewing/funeral was and he said his mom said she didn’t want me there cause she didn’t know me and it didn’t seem appropriate, yet there were about 120 people supposedly at his funeral!? Then I asked his friend where he was buried and he said he was cremated and that his ashes would be spread in Hawaii since that was his favorite place. And when I talk to Brian online, they seem so much a like, like they have the sane humor and what not…it still feels like the guy I came to know on myspace, even though there are still some differences. And so I asked Brian to send me one of those cards that you get from funerals and he said he couldn’t cause the mom had "brochures" made but he’s send me one of those instead. Then I asked Brian to give me his friends mothers address so I could send her some flowers and a letter, but he said she said that when he asked her for the address she said he already knew where she lived and that’s all that he needed to know, and hung up on him.

She’s kinda bitter with him right now because the guy I was talking to on myspace left EVERYTHING that belonged to him to Brian…for whatever reason. His death hasn’t even been logged in the death records yet, or whatever they’re called. I’m so confused and it’s scaring me! And then all of his friend on myspace (I started asking around trying to get more info about what happened) and it seemed like nobody even really knew him. Some people said they had talked to him before but has never actually met. That’s just weird to me seeing as how 120 people were supposedly at this funeral that I couldn’t even go to. And he was a homeowner of a very beautiful newly built house…yet he wasn’t listed in the white pages at all as a homeowner.

So I’ve come to the conclusion that…
1.) Him and his friend Brian are playing a VERY cruel joke on me.
2.) Brian and this guy are one in the same…for whatever creepy reason.
3.) This guy never existed…although that wouldn’t make much sense to me seeing as how we talked for MONTHS priot to him passing away.
4.) He was real and I’m just in denial and a jerk for thinking he didn’t exist.

But all these weird clues don’t add up! What do you think? Does something sound fishy here? I hope I’m not the only one who thinks so. What do you think? Sorry about the long rant.

sounds like they are the same person.