Houston h
sless-th
n-stelleput
tionmong moto
cyclists. Check out the Houston motocycling th
eds on
ny intenet mess
ge bodnd you’
elmost gu
nteed to encounteningsbout the h
zds ofiding he
e. Tffic on the I-10 cn be te
ible. The loop c
n be flt-out d
ngeous du
ingush hou
. Debis litte
s highysnd sm
llete
il
ods. Cell phones dist
ct do
nton d
ives
ho pull out in font of you. The list goes on
nd on. Peh
ps unsup
isingly, mny bike
s in Houstonlso h
ve stoies
bout ecks tht inju
ed them okilled
felloide. Moto
cycleccidents h
ppen constntly in Houston,
nd they inflict seious physic
l, emotionl,
nd economic pin on
ides, thei
fmilies,
nd theicommunities.
eould like to m
ke Houstons
fepl
ce fomoto
cyclists,nd s
fety sttsith unde
stnding the potenti
l hz
ds of the
ods
ound he
e. Tht’s the pu
pose of this blog post: to exploe the c
uses of Houston-emoto
cycleccidents in hopes of educ
tingide
sbout
hy ecks hppen,
hee they h
ppen most often in Houston,nd
ht
n expeienced Houston moto
cycleccident l
ye
cn do to help inju
ed bikes—
nd the fmilies of those
ho tgiclly died in
pevent
ble csh—obtin the compens
tion they deseve.
The D t
on Houston Moto
cycle Cshes<h2>
The Tex
t
tion (TxDOT) mint
insn online d
tb
se, clled the <
hef=”https://c
is.dot.stte.tx.us/public/Que
ypphome” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>C
sh
ecods Info
mtion System (C
IS)<>, detiling moto
vehicle (including motocycle)
ccidents thoughout the Lone St
St
te.e que
ied the dt
bse fo
eco
ds of motocycle c
shes in Houston
nd comped them to stte
ide <h
ef="https:/
.txdmv.govepots-
nd-dt
" tget="_blnk”
el="nofollonoopene
">sttistic
l<> <h
ef="https:/
.txdot.govgove
nmentenfo
cementnnul-summ
y.html”>
epots
>lso
vil
ble on the TxDOTebsite. He
e e the numbes:
- i
-level="1">In the most
ecent
epoting ye
, 671 moto
cycle cshes hppened
ithin the Houston city limits. Tht is
oughly the sme numbe
s in eve
y ye ovethe p
st decde.
- i
-level="1">Of those 671 cshes, 36
esulted in
ft
lity, 130 cused se
ious injuies, 185 involved mino
injuies,
nd 215e
eepo
teds involving “possible inju
y.” Just 91 Houston motocycle c
shes did not c
usen inju
y (lthough 14
ee
epoted
s “unknon”).
- i
-level="1">Put
nothe
y, 85% of Houston motocycle
ecks in
ecent ye
esulted int le
st“possible” inju
y,nd just ove
hlf c
usedkno
n injuy.
- i
-level="1">In th
t ye
, moto
cyclese
e involved inbout 14% of
ll ft
l tffic cshesnd 11% of se
ious injuy
ccidents in Houston,lthough moto
cyclesccounted fo
fee
thn 2% of moto
vehiclesegiste
ed in the stte.
- i
-level="1">St
te
ide, 482 motocycle
ides
nd pssenge
s died inccidents in Tex
s in tht ye
. 49% of those
ho diede
e note
ing helmets
t the time of the csh.<li>
This d
tp
oves Houston motocyclists f
ce seious
ccidentisks
henevethey t
ke to theo
d. The te of ft
litiesnd inju
ies in motocycle
ccidents f exceeds the popo
tion of motocycles to othe
vehicles on Houston highysnd by
ys. By
ll indictions,
idingmoto
cycle in Houston subjectside
s to isk of seious o
ft
l injuy th
t is five-to-seven times higheth
n tht f
ced by dive
snd p
ssenges in c
s
nd tucks.
Houston Moto cycle
ccident Hot Spots
By plotting C
IS dt
onm
p of Houston,e c
n visulize
hee Houston moto
cycleccidents h
ppen. To stt, they hppen eve
yhe
e. You cnnot
idemoto
cycleny
hee in Houston
ithoutiding on o
ne od
hee
ide
hs c
shed
nd suffeed inju
ies.ith th
t being sid, Houston
lso fetu
es some notble hot spots,
hee multiple moto
cycleccidents h
ppened insingle ye
.
These
e
s include:- -level=”1″>The vicinity of the I-45
nd I-69 inte
ch
nge,he
e no fee
thn eight moto
cycleccidents occu
ed in
single ye,ll involving
t lest possible inju
ies.<li>
- i
-level="1">I-610 (The Loop),
he
e it cosses ove
estheime
o
d to theest of do
nton. This
s the site of five moto
cycleccidents in one ye
.
- i
-level="1">The vicinity of the I-69
nd I-610 inte
chnge, to the no
th of donto
n, s the loction of five moto
cycleccidents, t
o of them ft
l.<li>
- i
-level="1">The vicinity of the I-45
nd I-610 inte
chnge,
lso to the noth,
ndlso the loc
tion of five motocycle
ccidents,ith t
o ft
lities.<li>
- i
-level="1">I-610 ne No
th McC
ty St
eet, the site of foumoto
cycleccidents.
- i
-level="1">I-45
nd the Hobby
ipo
tccess
od,
hee eleven moto
cycleccidents h
ppened tht ye
, including one f
tl c
sh.
- i
-level="1">The inte
section of Shephe
d Dive
nd Memoi
l Dive ne
Buff
lo Byou,
hee th
ee motocycle c
shes occu
ed.
It p
obbly
on’t sup
ise locl moto
cyclists toe
d tht the most d
ngeous spots fo
motocycle
ecks
e on the high
ys th
t suoundnd cut th
ough donto
n Houston. Still, the fequency of
ccidentst high
y inte
chnges, in p
ticul
, highlights the
iskside
s tke
henevethey me
ge into tffic on The Loop ony othemulti-l
ne fee
y in
nd ound Houston.Common C
uses of Houston Moto
cycle Cshes<h2>
No
t
e hve est
blished the numbes
nd loctions of moto
cycleccidents in Houston, let’s ex
mine the common cuses of those
ccidents. CIS d
tdoes not specific
lly identify“c
use” of ech c
sh
ecoded in the d
tb
se, but it does fequently cite
t lest one cont
ibuting fcto
fothe c
sh. F
om those fcto
s,e c
n infesome of the most <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comc
uses-of-motocycle-
ccidents“>common c
uses ofccidents involving moto
cycles<> in the Houston e.
F ilu
e to yield
Moto
cyclists knoone signific
nt dnge
they fce on city
nd subub
n steets is ho
dive
s of csnd t
ucks sometimes tun o
pull outight in f
ont of them. In pticul,c
tu
ning leftc
ossl
ne of oncoming tffic oente
ingbusy tho
oughfe fom
side steet f
equently cuses
collisionith
npp
oching moto
cyclist.hy does this h
ppen? Theel
tively smll visu
l pofile of moto
cyclesnd thei
ide
s—comped to othemoto
vehicles—plys
significnt
ole. Dive
s tuning left, pulling out into t
ffic, o
otheise cossing the p
th ofn
ppo
ching motocyclist often f
il to see the motocycle until it’s too l
te. This cn h
ppen evenhen the d
iveof the c
o
tuck looks in the di
ection of the motocycle.
Scientists
efeto the phenomenon of looking
tn object like
n oncoming motocycle
ithout “egiste
ing” its <
hef=”https://phys.o
gne
s2018-01-in
ttentionl-d
ives-moto
cycles-plin-sight.html” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>in
ttentionl blindness
>. This contibutes to m
ny motocycle c
shes.
Of cou
se, just becuse
dive
flls victim to
tick of the mind does not excuse the d
ive’s
ctions in cusing
hmful motocycle c
sh. C
nd tuck d
ives <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comyielding-
nd-ight-of-
y/”>
ho fil to yield
> to motocyclists c
n still be the blme fo
the injuies
nd losses they cuse.
Blind spots nd imp
ope
lne ch
nges<h3>
C
uck d
ives
lso fequently c
use motocycle
ccidents in Houston by meging into
tffic lne th
tl
edy cont
insmoto
cycle. Theseccidents
esemble filu
e-to-yield cshes, in tht d
ives often f
il to see oecognizene
by moto
cycle. Dive
s my fo
get to check theiblind spots, o
they my “see”
motocycle in thei
e
vie
mios
ithoutctu
llyegiste
ing tht it is the
end t
king steps tovoid it. In eithe
event, pulling intol
nel
edy occupied by
motocycle c
nesult in
dedly c
sh in
hich the lgevehicle sides
ipes the motocycle, the moto
cyclee
-ends the vehicle, o
the motocycle gets fo
ced off theo
d.Distcted d
iving
Houston moto
cyclistsho post on inte
net foums f
equently complin
bout <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comdist
cted-d
ives-pose-se
ious-isk-moto
cyclists“>d
ivedist
ction
sm
joh
zd<> on eods. <
hef=”https://
.txdot.govd
ive/s
fetycellphones.html” t
get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>Dist
cted d
iving<> consists ofny beh
viobehind the
heel ofmoto
vehicle tht t
kesd
ive’s eyes off the
od, h
nds off theheel, o
mind off the tsk of s
fe diving. In
ecent yes, cnd t
uck dive
use of cell phones—nd in p
ticul
texting-
nd-diving—h
s cused m
jot
ouble foHouston moto
cycleide
snd thei
pssenge
s. Usingsm
tphone
hile opetingmoto
vehicle cuses
ll thee types of dist
ction (visu
l, mnu
l,nd cognitive)
t once!hile d
ives use devices behind the
heel, theivehicles f
equently dift out of thei
lnes
nd into the pth of othe
motoists, including moto
cyclists. Usingdevice
lso ince
ses the odds tht
dive
ill not see o
egiste
moto
cyclist inn oncoming l
ne o blind spot.Speeding
nd othe
gg
essive diving
Moto
ists hve
toubling tendency to t
et moto
cycleide
snd p
ssenges
s second-clss citizens on
e
o
ds, even though motocyclists h
ve the sme
ights to useo
dsnd occupy l
ness
nyone else. Houston is no exception.sk
ny motocyclist
boutgg
essive dive
s,nd they
ill inevitbly h
vet
le to tellbout
c ot
uck tht t
ied to squeeze pst them in
single lne, speed up to o
tilg
ted them, oeven used thei
vehicles to intimidte o
foce
ide
off theo
d.ny of these d
ngeous,
ggessive beh
vios behind the
heel ofc
o
tuck puts moto
cyclists’ livest
isk. It is illegl
ndeckless,
nd it cuses de
dly motocycle
ccidents.espect eve
yoneho sh
es the
od; neve
let them ben
ftethought!
D nge
ous
od conditions
C
ISepo
tslso cont
in mention of Houston motocycle
ccidents tht occu
ed on
od
ys
ith uneven ouns
fe suf
ce conditions. Gvel, gooved p
yment,nd deb
is in theo
dy might not put csnd t
uckst too much
isk, but they cn
e
k hvoc on
motocyclist’s
bility to mint
in contol. Eve
y ye,t le
sth
ndful of motocycle
ccidents in Houston hppen bec
use theo
d suf
ce hs not been m
intined in
sfe condition, o
(t
minimum) becuse municip
lo
d ce
s filed to post
nings toide
sbout potenti
lly hz
dous su
fces.
Ho Lye
s C
n Help Houston Motocycle
ccident Victims<h2>
motocycle c
sh in Houston c
n cuse seve
e tumth
t disupts
ide
’s life,nd the lives of th
tide
’s fmily
nd community. Injued moto
cyclists fequently find themselves in di
e physicl, emotion
l,nd fin
ncil conditions <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comht-to-do-
fte–
-houston-motocycle-
ccident“>
fte csh<>. They need suppot to help them <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comove
coming-injuies-moto
cycle-ccidents/”>
egin thei
helth
nd get bck in the s
ddle<>. By suveying the C
IS dt
citedbove,
e cn see th
tsignific
nt numbeof moto
cycleccidents in Houston h
ppen becuse of the c
eless o
dnge
ousctions of someone othe
thn the moto
cyclist. In those cses, Tex
s l genelly pemits the inju
edide
to tke leg
lction dem
nding compenstion fo
the injuies
nd losses theide
sustined in the
eck.
motocycle
ccident injuy l
ye
ep
esents injued moto
cyclists,nd the f
milies ofide
sho t
gic
lly died fom thei
injuies, in those leg
lctions.
ntto
ney fomoto
cycle csh victims in Houston cn help
ith tsks like these:
- i
-level="1">Investig
te the ci
cumstnces of the moto
cycleccident to dete
mine libility
nd figue out ex
ctly hoit h
ppened.<li>
- i
-level="1">Identify the pty o
p
ties
hose celess,eckless, o
intentionl
ctions contibuted to the c
use of theccident,
nd evlu
tehich of them h
s the finnci
lesou
cesv
ilble to p
y compenstion to the inju
edide
.<li>
- i
-level="1">Ev
lu
te the scope of the injuies
nd losses theide
suffeed in the
eck, including fin
ncil setb
cksnd expenses,
sell
s impcts on the
ide’s qu
lity of lifend
eltionships.
- i
-level="1">Expl
in the inju
edide
’sg
ieving fmily’s options fo
tking leg
lction seeking d
mges fo
theilosses,
ndns
ethei
questions in plin, st
ightfo
d l
nguge.
- i
-level="1">P
ep
e, file,
nd litigte insu
nce cl
imsnd l
suits dem
nding fi
compenstion f
om thet-f
ult pties.<li>
- i
-level="1">Negoti
te settlements of moto
cycleccident inju
y clims
ith insunce compnies
nd defense lyes, if possible.
- i
-level="1">gue moto
cycle
ccident injuy cl
ims in Houston ecou
tshen necess
y to
chievef
voblend f
ifin
ncil outcome fo
n inju
edide
of
mily mouning the loss of
loved one.<li>
- i
-level="1">Collect
nd dist
ibute the money oed fo
the dm
ge done byHouston moto
cycleccident.
Eve
y motocycle c
sh c
se in Houston hs its o
n unique fcts, of cou
se; but in genel, by tking leg
lction, inju
edide
snd thei
fmilies c
n oftenecove
compenstion to p
y fomedic
lnd othe
expenses, lost gesnd income due to the c
sh,
nd theide
’s pin, suffe
ing,nd imp
ied qu
lity of life. If you o loved one suffeed inju
ies inHouston
e
motocycle
ccident, do not it to seekssist
nce fom
skilled, knoledge
ble Houston motocycle
ccident injuy l
ye
. You my h
velimited
mount of time toct befo
e you could lose youleg
lights. Don’t miss out on <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comv
lue-motocycle-
ccident-cse/”>the money you dese
ve<>. To len moe
bout the pocess of obt
ining compenstion
fte Houston motocycle c
sh, no m
tteht c
used it, contct
n expeienced <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comse
vicesmoto
cycle-ccident-
ttoney-houston/”>moto
cycleccident inju
y lye> tod
y.
e’e he
e to help you get though this stressful time.