Nashville Motorcycle Accident Attorney Reports On A Very Preventable Fatal Accident
Combine a high-powered motorcycle, alcohol and high speed and the outcome isn’t going to come under the category of pretty. A Knoxville Tennessee man was speeding along at 1:30 in the morning when he lost control of his motorcycle as he rounded a curve. His bike crossed the median, went through a fence onto the property of a Mercedes Benz dealership. The biker was killed when his body crashed into the front-end of a new Benz, while his bike continued on damaging five other vehicles.
As an experienced Tennessee motorcycle accident attorney I am concerned that while all other types of fatal crashes involving cars, trucks and pedestrians are on the decrease, motorcycle fatalities continue to rise. What lies at the cause of this phenomenon? Several things come to mind.
First of all manufacturers continue to make motorcycles bigger and faster. Sometimes known as “crotch rockets” these high-powered bikes require more skill and unfortunately anybody with the money or credit can buy one and without any specialized training, take to the highway.
As is the case here, motorcycles are more likely to be involved in a fatal collision with a fixed object than are other vehicles. In 2007, 25 percent of the motorcycles involved in fatal crashes collided with fixed objects, compared to 18 percent for passenger cars, 13 percent for light trucks, and 3 percent for large trucks.
Motorcycle Fatlity
Motorcycles made up nearly 3 percent of all registered vehicles in the United States in 2006 and accounted for only 0.4 percent of all vehicle miles traveled. Per vehicle mile traveled in 2006, motorcyclists were about 35 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash and 8 times more likely to be injured.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee automobile accident caused by a careless motorcycle rider, contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys at Phillip Miller & Associates for a free consultation to learn about your rights and remedies.
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