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Carlsbad Bicycle Accident Lawyer’s Top Ten Worst Excuses for Causing a Bicycle Accident

January 8th, 2010 No comments

1. Bike lanes are for cars too.

 

2. Cars pay a lot more in registration and license fees.

 

3. I wasn’t looking for bikes, I was looking for cars.

 

4. At least I didn’t hit a pedestrian.

 

5. Everyone’s always against me.

 

6. I’m not feeling so well today.

 

7. I’m in a hurry.

 

8. My brakes went out.

 

9. I honked.

 

10. I’m having a really bad day.

Here are ten actual tips of advice from a bicycle accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a personal injury in Carlsbad, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on 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 bicycle accident attorney as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the lawyer 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 bicycle 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 bicycle 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 bicycle 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 bicycle accident in San Diego, Carlsbad, Oceanside, La Jolla, Del Mar, Escondido, Chula Vista, El Cajon, Vista, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Pacific Beach, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your San Diego Bicycle Accident Lawyer and your Carlsbad Bicycle 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
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Searching the Web for Public Death Records

December 19th, 2009 6 comments

Searching the web for public death records does not have to be a long and difficult process. When you learn how and where to search, you can begin searching in no time at all. Whether you need to search for one record in particular or you want to search for multiple records, it can help to find a quality site to search from and to do your research on how to complete a successful death records search.

You may already have the papers involved in the death of someone close to you but what if you lose them? Because death records are not something we normally pull out and look at on a regular basis, it’s certainly possible that this can happen and you can lose the records. In this case, you will need to get them again. If you need them in a hurry, this can be especially frustrating.

But the Internet has a new solution to this. You can use an online database to help you find the death records you need as soon as possible. In many cases, you can even have them in a matter of minutes from when you begin your search. They can be quick and easy to find and you will have one less worry to deal with.

Most of the sites that are available on the Internet for genealogy won’t give any personal information regarding living people for privacy reasons. However, once a person has become deceased, you can obtain a great deal of information about them.

Death records will tell you the name of the deceased, date of birth, date of death, spouse information, other family’s information, obituary/death notice, cemetery location, cause of death, death certificate and much more. There are many ways you can make use of this information once you learn how to obtain it with ease online.

Many people turn to online databases to help them find information about their ancestors or someone else they are searching for death records for. The biggest advantage to this is that it is so easy. You don’t have to be located in the state that you are looking for records of. You can search from anywhere else in the world as long as you have an Internet connection.

When searching the web for public death records, you may find many services out there trying to offer you results but they are not all created equal. It’s important to do some investigation into the company you are thinking of using to make sure their database is secure, confidential and regularly updated. This is the only way to make sure you are getting good, accurate information.

With many of these databases, you can get almost instant results. If there is a death record that meets your criteria, you can bet you will find it. The best part is that it can all be done from the comfort and privacy of your own home. You can just search for what you want, with no questions asked.

Rose Quadee
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