Florida Bicycle Accident Lawyers should understand the accident, and the injuries. I accept the claims of seriously injured bicyclists from all over Florida, Kissimmee, St. Pete, Ft. Myers, Sarasota, Orlando, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale, etc.

If you have been injured in a Florida Bicycle Accident, then you and your attorney should start to preserve the evidence. Keep your riding gear, helmet, shoes and don't repair the bike until the Florida lawyer handling your bike accident claim says to do so. Certainly take a lot of pictures, at all angles, of the damage to the bicycle, as well as the roadway where it happened.

Bike accident in Florida are common, thanks in part to the high amount of Florida Sunshine.

Riding safe? Usually it's the safest riders that get hit first. The ones who are minding the rules of the road and their own business. I don't know why that is, it just has been my experience. The key issue is v-i-s-i-b-i-l-i-t-y. When the other driver is paying a-t-t-e-n-t-i-o-n then visibility is easier to maintain. A guy on a cell phone, a light change at a busy intersection or a parked car about to open its door or make a U-turn without warning are common accident causing nightmare circumstances.

The strategy of the insurance company lawyer is to make the victim into the bad guy. Especially if you were biking alone, without witnesses to the accident other than you and the other guy.

There may be allegations that you swerved into traffic, or that you came out of lane without warning. If at night, the insurance company lawyer will ask questions about whether a brighter front or back light could have prevented the accident. Were you going with traffic? Couldn't see behind you? Well, then maybe you missed that supposed phantom driver that caused the driver of the car to swerve and hit you. Gee, it's really not his fault. Get it?

Your Florida Bicycle Accident lawyer needs to anticipate the tactics and have the facts of the accident down cold. For example, your seat height, the gear you were in, the tire and type of bike. All these facts can make a difference. Was it s road bike? A hybrid? Trail or off-road bike? Using clipped or clipless shoes/pedals?

Did the roadway have debris? If not, did you expect debris from past experience?

The jury has to be educated on what it means to encounter sand, pebbles or gravel on a racer or thin tire bicycle.

The helmet- it's not the same as a motorcycle helmet, it is not designed for the same speeds, and it has a different anticipated level of protection than a motorcycle helmet. If you suffered a neck injury, it could be that actually wearing a helmet contributed to the injury. Depends on the facts, the speed, the angle of impact, etc.

Whether its in Orlando, St. Pete, Tampa or Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, or anywhere in Florida, if the bicycle accident has left you seriously injured due to the fault of another person, I want to hear from you. Call me today at 888-446-1999 or contact me online.