How is negligence determined in bicycling accidents?

In a bicycling accident, there’s a lot of different things we’re looking at in determining negligence. Please understand that the insurance company’s going to try to put as much fault on the cyclist as possible, which is why it’s so important to hire a firm like ours as quickly as possible so we can investigate and ensure that doesn’t happen.

But things we’re looking at are where was the person riding their bike? Were they on the right side of the road? Were they going the right direction? Were they in a bicycle lane? And when evaluating their injuries, were they wearing a helmet, or were they wearing reflective gear, depending on when this happened? And of course, we’re looking at the driver of the car. Where were they? Did they go through a light? Did the bicyclist have the right of way? Was the person driving, just being inattentive or texting, or something worse? We’re evaluating everything, which really is why it’s so important that if you’re injured when you’re riding your bicycle, especially by another car, they call us as soon as possible so we can start the investigation to fight to get you the settlement you deserve.