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Bicycle Accident Lawyer

As the weather gets warmer in the springtime, more people are yearning to return to certain outdoor activities. Bicycling has always been one of the more popular outdoor exercises for everyone to enjoy. However, warmer weather does not always mean safer circumstances for bicyclists. There are particular hazards during the springtime that bicyclists want to…

It’s happened again. A bicyclist was traveling lawfully on a street in Cambridge when she was “doored” by someone coming out of a landscaping truck. The woman was thrown from the bike and into traffic where she sustained significant injuries. We need, as a community, to come up with common sense bike paths that will…

Now that the nice weather is returning, the streets will again soon be filled with bicyclists who are out to get fresh air and/or get back in shape. Biking is more popular than ever. One study reveals that between 2000 and 2009, the number of bike commuters grew 70% across the entire United States. Returning…

When a bicycle suffers a collision with a motor vehicle, the results are often fatal. It is an all-too-common occurrence, as a recent news story demonstrates. According to CBS Boston, on October 11, 2013, a man was riding his bicycle in Middleboro, Massachusetts, when he was struck and killed on Wood Road near his home….

A Bike Is No Match For A Car In An Accident Biking in Boston is often dangerous. While the city has been working to incorporate bike lanes into its infrastructure, inattentive and aggressive drivers, potholes, and drivers who carelessly open their doors in traffic lanes all make bike and car collisions far too common. Because…

In August of 2014, the 67-year-old Plaintiff was operating her bicycle within a clearly marked lane on Route 15 in Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The Defendant, a high school senior, was operating his motor vehicle in the same direction. After initially denying responsibility for the accident, the teenager ultimately admitted that he looked down at his phone…

Bicycle usage in the greater Boston area is on the increase. According to the City Of Boston, bicycle ridership showed an increase of 122 percent between 2007 and 2009, and recent figures indicate the trend is growing along those lines. With the increase in both recreational and commuter cyclists on the city’s roads, it is obvious…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Boston has a high percentage of cycling commuters compared with the rest of the country. Nationwide, only 0.6 workers use bicycles as their primary means of getting to work; in Boston, however, 1.7 percent of workers commute by bicycle. Of course, with more cyclists on the road, there is…

Truck accidents can be a messy business for a number of reasons. One obvious reason is because of the size of trucks, meaning that trucking accidents will likely cause significantly more damage than similar accidents with other vehicles. Another reason is that there is more in question than simply the drivers of each vehicle: there is the…

Collaboration between advocacy groups and researchers in Boston yielded a map of bike crashes in the city. Boston Magazine explains that the image depicts crashes from the past three years; however, it’s not up-to-date enough to show the incidents that occurred in 2014. One of the crashes missing from the map involved a garbage truck driver and…