Like everything else, the cost of going to work has gotten more expensive. The increasing cost of fuel has forced many people to ride their motorcycles to work, and face the hazards of congested Chicago roads and highways. Experienced cyclists are being joined by men and women who have just bought a motorcycle for economic reasons. Whatever their gender, these people have largely studied motorcycle safety and bought safety gear for themselves and their cycles because it is a well-known fact that motorcycle riders face many more hazards than those behind the wheel of a car.
The sad fact is that, while cyclists have had to learn the rules of the road to obtain a motorcycle license, it is the car drivers who are the ignorant parties in the lion's share of traffic accidents involving cars and bikes. Motorcycle accidents have risen steadily for the last eleven years. In Cook County alone, the number of registered motorcycles has risen over 6% and motorcycle accidents are up 26% since 2006. That's an alarmingly lop-sided statistic in anyone's view and as the roads become more crowded, motorcyclists can literally be taking their lives in their hands just by going to work.
Motorcyclists have no more protection than their helmets and leathers. They can be hit, sideswiped, and thrown off their bikes into guardrails, the road, oncoming traffic and other vehicles. They face the horrific chance of head and spinal injuries, and amputation of one or more limbs. In a significant amount of cases, the car drivers have no idea what has just happened.
A Chicago motorcycle accident attorney, who knows the roads and the rules, is needed to fight for the injured cyclist and his family. Not only does the injured one face months of pain and recovery, or a lifetime of disability. Their family faces poverty and the end of their lives as they've known it. A motorcycle accident attorney has seen this sad story before.
The person who was at fault for the accident may feel very sorry for what happened. However his insurance company lawyers don't. Their job is to cast doubt and blame on the cyclist and fight to keep the reward to the cyclist as low as possible. That is why a Chicago personal injury lawyer needs to be contacted as soon as possible.
The most tragic outcome requires a Chicago wrongful death attorney. He will speak where the motorcyclist can't. Again, even in these circumstances the insurance lawyers will do their best to deny compensation. This is compensation that should be going to the children who have lost a parent, and the spouse who has lost their other half.
The competent Chicago wrongful death lawyer, just as the accident attorney, always offers free consultation. He doesn't collect one dime until the injured ones have the fairest settlement he can get them. It's time for the unfairly injured and the ones they love to have someone on their side. Justice for the whole family is always the good attorney's goal.