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While motorcycles can be a fun and safe way to drive around both the city and more rural areas, they are certainly more dangerous for passengers than cars are. They require more balance to drive, there are less safety measures like airbags or auto-brakes, and there is no frame to take the worst of the […]
Riding a motorcycle can be a very efficient way to travel, but it comes with unique challenges when the weather turns cold. Winter riding presents particular risks due to the cold weather, icy or wet conditions, and reduced visibility. At Cooper and Friedman Law Firm, we believe in promoting safety for all riders. Whether […]
In Kentucky, and many other states, lane splitting for motorcycles is a unique issue. Many states do not explicitly prohibit it, nor do they explicitly allow it, and the legality of the maneuver is left up to law enforcement’s discretion. As both motorcycle accident lawyers and police misconduct attorneys, Cooper and Friedman are here […]
Safety on the road and around motor vehicles is dependent on a lot of factors. Police departments and lawmakers try their best to keep pedestrians and drivers safe with a myriad of traffic laws and policies. ‘No-chase laws,’ or police pursuit policies, are one of these. States or counties implement no-chase laws to lessen […]
Transportation in the modern day is filled with risks that we take every day when we settle into the seat of our vehicles, whether it be a car, a bus, or a motorcycle. However, as a smaller and more exposed vehicle, motorcycle crashes have a fatality rate that is 30 times higher than a […]
According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motorcycle drivers are twice as likely to get into an accident on the American roadways than someone driving a car. Furthering that statistic, the NHTSA also reports that death as a result of a motorcycle accident is 28 times more likely than death by any […]
Did you know that one in every two motorcycle accidents involves another motor vehicle? According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2013, 51% of fatal motorcycle accidents involved another motor vehicle and 47% of those accidents were front facing collisions. Another 22% of fatal motorcycle crashes that same year involved fixed objects such […]
