Protecting Your Rights When You Have Been Hurt because of Someone Else’s Carelessness
Texas should be a bicycling paradise, with miles of flatlands and gentle rolling hills, but, unfortunately, a number of factors, including driver inattention, failure to yield to the right of way of bikers and excessive speed, all combine to make the Lone Star State one of the nation’s top locations for bicycle accidents.
What Are Your Legal Rights When You’ve Been Hurt in a Texas Bicycle Accident?
According to the Texas Department of Transportation, 2022 saw more than 2,300 bicycle wrecks across the state, causing or contributing to more than 90 deaths and over 300 serious or catastrophic injuries. While some of those accidents resulted from carelessness or negligence by a cyclist, the vast majority of bicycle accidents and injuries stem from the wrongful acts of motorists. Though bicycles enjoy many of the same privileges on the roadways in Texas that passenger vehicles do, far too many motorists either ignore the presence of bicycles or assume that the bicyclists must or should yield to a car, truck or motorcycle.
What Should You Do When You’ve Been Hurt in a Texas Bicycle Accident?
The first thing you’ll want to do is get the medical treatment you need. Determine, if possible, the full extent of your injurie and whether you need to go to the hospital. If not, you should still seek immediate care at an urgent care facility or the offices of your primary care physician.
If at all possible, get the names of anyone involved in the accident, as well as any potential witnesses. If you have your phone, take pictures of anything that may be relevant to your claim, including your injuries, the damage to your bike and the road conditions at the time of the crash.
The sooner you retain experienced legal counsel, the sooner you’ll have someone aggressively protecting all your legal rights. Your attorney can be your advocate with insurers, and will also make certain all documents are timely filed to initiate a personal injury lawsuit.
Let Attorney Michael R. De La Paz Help You When You’ve Been Hurt in a Texas Bicycle Accident
At the Law Office of Michael R. De La Paz, we have more than 26 years of experience protecting the rights of personal injury victims in Harlingen, McAllen, Brownsville and Houston, across Texas and nationwide. We have a comprehensive understanding of the challenges involved in recovering full and fair compensation when you been hurt in any type of accident, including a bicycle mishap. We will use our considerable experience, skill, knowledge and resources to help you get the outcome you want. Free call, text or chat, 24 hours a day, seven days a week–https://delapazlaw.com/.
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