Motorbike Accident Injury
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No Fault Accident Compensation
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 1 June 2009
- Serious And Fatal Motorbike Accidents
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Unrated
No Fault Accident claims causing injury and death
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Motorbike Swerve Test Accident Claims
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 26 May 2009
- Motorbike Compensation Awards
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Rating:
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Motorbike Swerve Test
Hutcheon Solicitors have received instructions to consider a motorbike accident claim under the new "swerve test" implemented by The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) who have been set up to reduce the number of riders and drivers killed or seriously injured in road accidents.
Paradoxically the new swerve test may increase the number of accidents and have come under fire with complaints that the test is dangerous for the inexperienced and novice rider.
The new swerve test involves learners being forced to reach 50km/h (31.2mph), then perform a swerve, on special test centre tracks to mimic avoiding things like debris on the road. However some riding instructors have concerns that if the riders brake and swerve at the same time they are likely to come off, particularly in wet conditions.
The BBC have reported that in since the test was brought in at the end of April 2009, in the first three and a half weeks there were 15 incidents during the exam with at least one rider left with broken bones. It was reported by the Motorcycle Action Group that they advised the Government that the test was unsafe and asked for changes.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon, Principal Solicitor in the firm of R James Hutcheon Solicitors has obtained instructions from a leaner rider who fell off his bike and was injured whilst performing the "swerve test" under examination conditions. An accident compensations claim against the DSA in being considered for injury and loss of earnings as their client has been unable to return to work since the accident.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon said "Anyone who has sustained injury or have had an accident during the new "swerve test" is welcome to contact us for free legal advice. Also all information supplied will help in any case and will be in the strictest of confidence.
Hutcheon Solicitors have received instructions to consider a motorbike accident claim under the new "swerve test" implemented by The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) who have been set up to reduce the number of riders and drivers killed or seriously injured in road accidents.
Paradoxically the new swerve test may increase the number of accidents and have come under fire with complaints that the test is dangerous for the inexperienced and novice rider.
The new swerve test involves learners being forced to reach 50km/h (31.2mph), then perform a swerve, on special test centre tracks to mimic avoiding things like debris on the road. However some riding instructors have concerns that if the riders brake and swerve at the same time they are likely to come off, particularly in wet conditions.
The BBC have reported that in since the test was brought in at the end of April 2009, in the first three and a half weeks there were 15 incidents during the exam with at least one rider left with broken bones. It was reported by the Motorcycle Action Group that they advised the Government that the test was unsafe and asked for changes.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon, Principal Solicitor in the firm of R James Hutcheon Solicitors has obtained instructions from a leaner rider who fell off his bike and was injured whilst performing the "swerve test" under examination conditions. An accident compensations claim against the DSA in being considered for injury and loss of earnings as their client has been unable to return to work since the accident.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon said "Anyone who has sustained injury or have had an accident during the new "swerve test" is welcome to contact us for free legal advice. Also all information supplied will help in any case and will be in the strictest of confidence.
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Motorbike Swerve Test Accident Claims
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 26 May 2009
- Motorbike Compensation Awards
- Rating: Unrated
Motorbike Swerve Test
Hutcheon Solicitors have received instructions to consider a motorbike accident claim under the new "swerve test" implemented by The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) who have been set up to reduce the number of riders and drivers killed or seriously injured in road accidents.
Paradoxically the new swerve test may increase the number of accidents and have come under fire with complaints that the test is dangerous for the inexperienced and novice rider.
The new swerve test involves learners being forced to reach 50km/h (31.2mph), then perform a swerve, on special test centre tracks to mimic avoiding things like debris on the road. However some riding instructors have concerns that if the riders brake and swerve at the same time they are likely to come off, particularly in wet conditions.
The BBC have reported that in since the test was brought in at the end of April 2009, in the first three and a half weeks there were 15 incidents during the exam with at least one rider left with broken bones. It was reported by the Motorcycle Action Group that they advised the Government that the test was unsafe and asked for changes.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon, Principal Solicitor in the firm of R James Hutcheon Solicitors has obtained instructions from a leaner rider who fell off his bike and was injured whilst performing the "swerve test" under examination conditions. An accident compensations claim against the DSA in being considered for injury and loss of earnings as their client has been unable to return to work since the accident.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon said "Anyone who has sustained injury or have had an accident during the new "swerve test" is welcome to contact us for free legal advice. Also all information supplied will help in any case and will be in the strictest of confidence.
Hutcheon Solicitors have received instructions to consider a motorbike accident claim under the new "swerve test" implemented by The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) who have been set up to reduce the number of riders and drivers killed or seriously injured in road accidents.
Paradoxically the new swerve test may increase the number of accidents and have come under fire with complaints that the test is dangerous for the inexperienced and novice rider.
The new swerve test involves learners being forced to reach 50km/h (31.2mph), then perform a swerve, on special test centre tracks to mimic avoiding things like debris on the road. However some riding instructors have concerns that if the riders brake and swerve at the same time they are likely to come off, particularly in wet conditions.
The BBC have reported that in since the test was brought in at the end of April 2009, in the first three and a half weeks there were 15 incidents during the exam with at least one rider left with broken bones. It was reported by the Motorcycle Action Group that they advised the Government that the test was unsafe and asked for changes.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon, Principal Solicitor in the firm of R James Hutcheon Solicitors has obtained instructions from a leaner rider who fell off his bike and was injured whilst performing the "swerve test" under examination conditions. An accident compensations claim against the DSA in being considered for injury and loss of earnings as their client has been unable to return to work since the accident.
Mr Ronnie Hutcheon said "Anyone who has sustained injury or have had an accident during the new "swerve test" is welcome to contact us for free legal advice. Also all information supplied will help in any case and will be in the strictest of confidence.
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Motorbike Accidents Claim Solicitors - Read Decided Court Cases
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 11 October 2008
- Common Bike Accidents
- Rating: Unrated
Motorbike Accidents Claim Solicitors - Read Decided Court Cases
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Common Motorbike Accident Claims - Overtaking
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 11 October 2008
- Common Bike Accidents
- Rating: Unrated
Common Motorbike Accident Claims - Overtaking - Solicitors Vew & What The Highway Code Says
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Regina v Kyle Charles Kennedy
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 13 March 2008
- Accident Case Studies
- Rating: Unrated
On 30 July 2004, the appellant pleaded guilty at the Crown Court at
Cardiff to the offences of dangerous driving and driving while
disqualified. He pleaded not guilty to a count of wounding with intent
contrary to section 18 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. On 11 August he pleaded guilty on re-arraignment to an offence of unlawful wounding contrary to section 20
of the Act. On 25 August, the appellant, then aged 17, was sentenced by
His Honour Judge Durham-Hall QC (insofar as relevant to this appeal) to
a term of 18 months' detention and training in respect of the unlawful
wounding, 18 months' detention and training in respect of the dangerous
driving, and 4 months' detention and training in respect of the driving
while disqualified, to be served concurrently; making a total of 18
months' detention and training. He was also disqualified from driving
for two years. He appeals against that sentence with the leave of the
single judge.
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Thomas Collins v London General Transport Services Ltd
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 13 March 2008
- Accident Case Studies
- Rating: Unrated
Judgment
Mr Justice Leveson
1 At about 7pm on 14th December 2000, Mr Thomas Collins was riding his bicycle home along Newington Butts, in the direction of Elephant and Castle in South London. Although slightly inaccurate, in common with the convention adopted throughout this trial, I will refer to this direction of travel as northbound. His home was in a block of flats on the offside of the road, reached through Hampton Street, which provides access to bicycles only. Hampton Street cannot lawfully be reached directly from the northbound carriageway of Newington Butts, because no right turn is permitted by that junction. At the start of these proceedings, how Mr Collins came to be cycling across Newington Butts to reach Hampton Street was in issue, but what is clear is that as he did so, he was struck by a London bus. Unfortunately, he was not wearing a helmet and he suffered serious head injuries. In the proceedings commenced for damages for personal injury, this hearing has been devoted to issues of liability.
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Paul Michael Barry v Brenda Pugh
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 13 March 2008
- Accident Case Studies
- Rating: Unrated
On 1 June 2000 at about 6 pm the claimant, Paul Barry was on his way
back from work to Chapel Mount Cottage, where he lodged with the Hester
family … The cottage was on a country lane, known as the Mount Lane,
near Montgomery in Wales. The claimant was on his motorbike, a 175cc Honda which he owned. It was an old motorbike but it had been maintained properly and had passed its MOT test not long before. An accident occurred: the claimant came off his motorbike
and was found face down on the lane, his head pointing back in the
direction he had come from. He suffered terrible injuries and is now
paraplegic. He can remember nothing about the circumstances of the accident.
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Dorning v Personal Representative of Paul Rigby
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 12 March 2008
- Accident Case Studies
- Rating: Unrated
Abstract: The appellant (D) appealed against a
decision dismissing his claim for personal injuries arising out of a
motorcycle accident. D had been following another motorcyclist (R) when
the accident occurred. R failed to negotiate a bend in the road,
crossed onto the wrong side of the carriageway and collided head on
with a car, causing an explosion. He was flung over the car and landed
in the adjacent field. The impact was fatal. D also failed to take the
bend and slid across the road, avoiding the car. He ended up in the
field injured. D claimed against the personal representatives of R's
estate. His case was that R's collision created a situation that caused
him to take emergency evasive action and, in so doing, he lost control
of his motorcycle; and that debris from the collision, which was
scattered across the carriageway, caused him to lose control of his
motorcycle. The judge found against D on the basis that there had been
no debris on the road.
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JENKINS V LEGOLAND WINDSOR PARK LTD
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 12 March 2008
- Accident Case Studies
- Rating: Unrated
At age 16, the employee had been involved in a motorbike accident
in which he injured his left arm. As a result, his arm had withered and
he wore it in a sling. The employee worked for the respondent employer
at its theme park as an attractions team leader.
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Ride Safe Accident Awareness - Download Guide
- By Motorbike Accident Injury
- Published 20 February 2008
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- By Motorbike Accident Injury
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