Clearwater Florida Bicycle Accident Blog
This blog is local to Clearwater, Florida and contains blog posts about bicycle laws, safety, common cycling injuries, bicycle accidents and personal injury claims. Our blog is updated frequently by our team of local experts on behalf of Jim Dodson, a experienced bicycle injury lawyer.
Our personal injury law firm has over 25 years experience successfully representing bicycle injury cases and wrongful death claims. If you have been injured in a cycling crash, or a loved one has been killed as a cyclist, you need to be able to focus on recovering from your injuries. You need to feel confident that you can turn your personal injury case over to a lawyer who cares about you. If you have immediate questions and want to speak to a Clearwater cycling accident attorney, call our office at 888-815-6398 to schedule a time to discuss your accident case. There is never a fee for a consultation.- Page 4
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Study Shows Almost 10% of Drivers are Distracted Before Overtaking a Cyclist in Their Lane An Ann Arbor study showed that 8% of drivers were distracted by texting or using their cell phone within five seconds of overtaking a cyclist in their lane. -
Social Media Helps Solve a Fatal Cycling Crash in Washington State Not only do hit and run drivers injure people with their careless behavior, they don’t have the guts or the decency to stop, render aid and identify themselves. -
How Much of an Advantage Does a Cyclist Have Tucked Within the Peleton? According to a new study it was calculated that cyclists riding in the heart of the peloton have 95% less drag than they would experience riding alone. -
If I Could Get Cyclists to Do Just One Thing, It Would Be to Make Sure They have UM on Their Auto Policy Never leave home on your bike without $100,000 in UM coverage. Talk to your insurance company about buying the most UM on your auto policy that you can afford. -
New Study: Helmet Price is Not a Predictor of Concussion Risk A recent study at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab yielded some pretty interesting information about helmet safety related to concussion risk. -
Landis Versus Armstrong: This Is So Rich Both Armstrong and Landis denied allegations of doping only to later confess to it. Both were stripped of their titles and both still profited from the sport. -
Your GPS Is Accurate - To A Point. Our client who was hit by a driver turning was using a GPS device which we had examined by an expert. What we learned was both interesting and surprising. -
Apparently We Obey Traffic Laws at the Same Rate as Drivers Think there should be more emphasis on changing the behavior of cyclists or drivers to reduce the number of Florida cycling deaths? Find out what I think. -
How to Get Your Bicycle Frame Replaced After a Florida Bike Accident Find out what you should do to give yourself the best chance of having your carbon frame replaced even when there’s no visible evidence of damage after a crash. -
It's a Changing World for Cyclists and Cycling The option of ordering a bicycle from the bike companies themselves, carbon frame manufacturing and e-Bikes all play a role in changing the cycling world.