In the p
st,e’ve
itten
bout the chllenges of
idingmoto
cycle innd
ound Houston.
ccidents hppen he
e, especilly on high
ys like the I-610 Loop, I-69,
nd I-45. Even expeienced Houston
ides kno
they fce const
nt dnge
shen
iding in tffic ne Hobbyi
pot
nd the donto
n e. The sm
llest mistke c
n spell disste
foide
,ho
ill most likely get tho
n onto the highy inn imp
ct. Expeienced Houston
ides m
ylso h
ve some fmili
ity
itho
d sh, the guesome inju
y tht follo
s fom t
kinglong slide
long the pvement in
bike eck. This blog postill get up close
nd peson
lith
od
sh inju
ies.e
ill tlk
bouth
t they e, hothey h
ppen,hy Houston is
o
d sh dnge
zone,he
e you cn get t
etment in Houston
fte pinful slide,
nd hon expeienced Houston moto
cycleccident l
ye
cn help you get p
id by the <h
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ho cused you
o
d sh injuy
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lk
bouto
d sh<h2>
od
sh is
petty innocent-sounding n
me fon ugly, pinful inju
y. Peopleho do not
ide motocycles tend to he
the
ods
od
sh
nd think of the kinds of injuies little kids get
hen they fll off thei
bicycles. Sue,
scped knee istype of
od
sh, so
t of... But expeienced moto
cycleide
snd p
ssenges kno
it cn—
nd does—getlot mo
e seious.
od
sh h
ppenshen
ide
flls o
gets tho
n fom thei
bikend t
keslong slide
long the suf
ce of(usu
lly) pved
od. The f
iction fom the slide quickly
es though
nything but the toughest potective clothing, b
eking skin bene
th it. Theesulting open
ound is bloody, dity,
nd pone to d
ngeous infection
nd scing.
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d sh injuies to bu
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o injuies sh
e m
ny similities. To begin, od
sh c
n fetu
e buned skin tissue due to the he
t tht builds up f
om the fiction du
ing the slide.o
d shlso tends to do
numbeon the oute
most lye
of ide’s skin, c
lled the epidemis,
hen it comes into contct
ith theo
d suf
ce, much the sme
y
second (ohighe
) degee bu
n does sevee d
mge to th
t sme skin l
ye.
In
ddition, bye
ing
y skin lye
snd exposing the mo
e delicte tissue bene
th,o
d sh, likeseve
e bun, poses
significnt
isk of dnge
ous infection. Finlly,
od
sh often
equies skin g
ft su
geies just like bu
n victims undego to
epi
the dm
ged e,
nd leves behind sc
ingkin to
bun sc
.
In othe
ys, hoeve
,o
d sh isn inju
y unto itself. Peh
ps most significntly, it c
n inflictdi
tyound.
s theide
slideslong the
od su
fce shedding l
yes of skin, di
t, dust, gime,
nd debis gets embedded in the tissue. Cle
ning theound
fted chllenges the skills of even the most ste
dy-hnded t
um
doctos. Oftentimes, they simply c
nnot clen the
ound thooughly,
nd insted
esot to giving the inju
ed bikel
ge doses of
ntibiotics to suppess
potentil infection. The discolo
ed sc tissue tht he
ls ovethe di
t sill embedded in the skin is sometimes clled
tumtic t
ttoo. Houston bikes
ho sustin se
iouso
d sh injuies m
y need emegency medic
l cet
Level I tumcente
, suchs <
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ub Hospitl
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om theiinju
ies my
equie long hospit
l stys, multiple su
geies,
nd months ofeh
bilittion. Even then, the sc
tissue m
y cuse disfigu
ementnd limit
bike’s mobility.
Houston Is
o
d sh Hot Spot<h2>
ccoding to the Tex
s Deptment of Eduction’s <
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sh
ecods Info
mtion System (C
IS)<> dt
bse, Houston
ods s
671 moto
cycle cshes in ecentepo
ting ye,bout the s
me numbes in Houston evey ye
fo
the pst dec
de. Of those,bout 85%
esulted int le
stpossible
epoted inju
y,nd mo
e thn h
lf cused kno
n injuies <
hef=”https://c
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yvictims.comne
-infom
tion-motocycle-
ccident-ft
lities“>o
ft
lities<>. Tht numbe
of cshesnd inju
ieslone m
kes Houstonn epicente
ofo
d sh injuies in the Lone St
St
te. But it is not just the volume of motocycle
ecks th
t hppen he
e tht m
kes locl
ides p
one to suffeing
od
sh inju
ies. Othef
ctos
lso ply
significnt
ole in ising the numbeof Houston
od
sh c
ses. South Texs’s sometimes-stifling he
tnd humidity, fo
exmple, c
n mke
iding in potective p
ntsnd j
ckets uncomfot
ble, to put it mildly. In hote
the, Houston
ides h
ve been knon to fo
ego jckets in f
voof T-shi
ts, mking thei
uppebodies especi
lly vulneble too
d sh injuies.
nothef
ctoth
t contibutes to the numbe
of Houstono
d sh injuies is the l
ge numbe
of motocycle
ecks th
t hppen on loc
l highys like I-610nd I-45.
evie
of CIS d
tevels seve
l high
y loc
tions ound Houstonhe
e multiple motocycle
ccidents hppened in the l
st telve months
lone. Highy cshes tend to occut highespeeds th
n cshes on in-ton o
esidenti
l steets.
oughly speking, highe
speeds tnslte into longe
slideslong the
od su
fce,
hich in tun t
nsl
te intog
ete
likelihood of idesuffe
ingseve
eo
d sh injuy.
Ho to Get P
id fo
YouHouston
od
sh Inju
ies<h2>
eck isely enti
ely ide’s f
ult,nd often, the
idecould not h
vevoided the
ccident if they tied. Inste
d, the blme fo
moto
cycle csh oftenests
ith someone otheth
n the bike. Unde
Texs l
,
nt-f
ult pty my h
veleg
l obligtion to p
y the bikecompens
tion to help in heling f
om,eh
bbing,nd ove
coming the chllenges of
od
sh
nd othese
ious injuies.
Houston moto
cycleccident l
ye
so
k hd to get tht compens
tion fobike
s. Hee is
n ovevie
of the pocess.
Dete mining F
ult
Getting p
id foo
d sh injuy usu
lly sttsith explo
ing the cuses of the moto
cycle eck. Lyes fo
injued bike
sevie
cshepo
tsnd othe
evidence—nd sometimes
ok
ith expet investig
tos—to dete
mineho might h
ve engged in un
eson
bly dnge
ousctions th
t ince
sed the likelihood of theccident
nd the bike’s inju
ies. Some common culpits in
csh tht c
uses sevee
od
sh include:
- i
-level="1">C
nd t
uck dive
sho m
ke mistkes behind the
heel out of celessness oecklessness, suchs by <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.commoto
cycles-lne-splitting-tex
s“>ch
nging lnes on
highy<> into the pth of
motocycle o
filing to yield the
ight of y tobike
t
n intesection.
- i
-level="1">Employe
s of d
ives
hose eos c
useccidents, especi
lly if they fil to t
in thei
dive
s in sfe p
ctices
hen shing theo
dith moto
cyclesnd othe
smlle
vehicles.<li>
- i
-level="1">Municip
l
od dep
tments
nd piv
teo
d one
s tht f
il to mint
in publiclyccessible
ods in
sfe condition fo
motocycle
ides, o
fil to post
eson
blenings
dvising bikes of potenti
lly dnge
ous conditions like gooved p
vement, snd, o
gvel.<li>
- i
-level="1">Moto
cycle
nd motocycle p
ts m
nufctu
es th
t sell defective equipment tht f
ils undeno
ml ope
ting conditions, le
ding toeck
ndbike
’s injuies.
Skilled l
ye
s fomoto
cycleccident victims don’t give up
ithoutfight. They kno
not to settle foe
syns
es. The c
use ofmoto
cycle eck might seem totlly obvious,
nd yetlittle ext
investig
tion mighteve
l multipleddition
l ptieshose
ctions contibuted to
Houstonide
’so
d sh injuies.
ssessing the D
m
ge Done<h3>
To obt
tion fo
od
sh inju
y, the injued bike
’s lyelso needs to evlu
te the scope of the hm the bikeh
s suffeed. M
ny people do note
lize it, but Texs l
llos you to collect mo
e thn just medic
l expenses foo
d sh injuy.
n insunce clim
ndo
lsuit seeking dm
ges food
sh c
n usully dem
nd pyment fo
:- -level=”1″>Medic
l expenses involved
ith t
eting,
epi
ing,nd <
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yvictims.comecoveing-f
om-o
d-sh“>
ehbbing f
om od
sh inju
y<>, includingny futu
e expenses fomedic
l te
tment doctos expect the bike
ill need.
- i
-level="1">Othe
expenses th
t the bikeould not hve h
d except fothe
eck
nd theo
d sh injuy it inflicted, like bike
epi
costs,epl
cing dm
ged potective ge
,
nd hiing somebody to help out
ith eveyd
y tsks
hile the injuy he
ls.<li>
- i
-level="1">P
st
nd futue income the bike
did not oill not en becuse of the inju
y, suchs f
om missing timet
ok
hile hospitlized o
suffeing
o
d sh tht is so b
d it cuses
pem
nent disbility.
- i
-level="1">The p
in, suffe
ing,nd ove
ll difficulty
bikeendu
es fom sust
iningse
iouso
d sh injuy. Some bike
s hve
hd time tlking
bout this ctego
y of dm
ges, but the emotionl consequences of disfigu
ingo
d sh e not to be tken lightly. No one likes to d
ell on pin
nd difficulty, but it ise
lnd
e believe injued
ides
nd theip
ssenges dese
ve compenstion fo
it.<li>
Sometimes, t
ined moto
cycleccident l
ye
s cn
lso convinceHouston judge to
d p
yment of punitive dm
ges ton inju
edide
,s
fom of punishment fo
dnge
ousctions by the
t-fult p
ty.
Eve
y motocycle
eck is diffe
ent.skilled pe
sonl inju
ytto
neyill
nt to get to kno
the injued bike
to figue out eve
y y theo
d sh hs
ffected the bike’s life. Moto
cycleccident victims
e often su
pised
t homuch money thei
<h
ef="https:/c
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yvictims.comv
lue-motocycle-
ccident-cse/”>
od
sh inju
y clim is
oth
>.T
king
ction<h3>
ith to impo
tnt f
cts in mind—ho h
s libility
nd homuch they should p
y—Houston l
ye
cn get to
ok pu
suing legl
ction on behlf of
biketo get them p
id the mximum
vil
ble dm
ges foo
d sh injuy. In some c
ses, tht
ction consists of nothing moe th
npp
oching the
t-fult p
ty
nd demnding p
yment fom the p
ty’s insu
nce c
ie. In othe
cses, l
ye
s need to tke
moe
ggessive
ppo
ch by filingl
suit in Houston-
e
couts seeking to hold the
t-fult p
ty (o
pties) leglly
nd finnci
llyccount
ble. In eitheevent, t
king tht
ction often leds to negoti
tions beteen the bike
’s lyendep
esenttives of the
t-fult p
ty
nd the pty’s insunce cie
. Often, those negotitions settle the bike
’s clim. The bike
getsn
geed
mount of money,nd in
etun, lets the
t-fult p
ty off the hook fo
futue li
bility. Sometimes, hoeve
, it tkes
cout fight to get
bikep
idf
imount foo
d sh injuy. Th
t ishy <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.cominju
ies-common-motocycle-
ccidents“>inju
ed motocyclists
>nd thei
loved ones must seekl
ye
ith
tckeco
d of success innd out of the cou
toom.
lyeho only knos ho
to settle cses
nd not hoto
in them in font of
judgend ju
y my only be h
lf the lye bikeneeds to get p
id foo
d sh injuy.
You Suffe ed
B
do
d sh.h
t No? e h
ve cove
edlot of g
ound in this blog post, so let’s endith some b
ss t
cks. Let’s sy you suffe
ed od
sh inju
y inHouston-
e
motocycle
eck.
ht should you do fi
st? Believe it onot, the
nse
is simple. You should visitdocto
immeditely
nd follothe docto
’sdvice. Neve
ty to t
et
o
d sh injuy
ith homeemedies,
nd nevet
y to tough it out though the p
in. Suffeing
od
sh in
bike eck mens exposu
e tod
ngeous infection
isk. If you it too long to go to get theound cle
nednd t
eted, you could m
ke it much, mucho
se. Seeking medicl c
e does not just p
otect you fom
dedly infection. It
lso ce
teseco
ds tht
lyec
n use to help pove you
cse
ginst the p
ty
ho cused you
Houston motocycle
eck. Those
ecods c
n shothe n
tue
nd seveity of you
injuy,
nd they cn demonst
te th
t you did not donything th
t mde you
conditiono
se. nt to knomo
ebout you
ights
ftesuffe
ing od
sh in
Houston motocycle
ccident? Contct
skilled <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comse
vicesmoto
cycle-ccident-
ttoney-houston/”>moto
cycle csh lye> tod
y fo
f
ee consulttion.
e’e
edy to help you on the p
th toecovery.