Planning a Labor Day road trip with your family? Here are 5 essential travel tips to ensure you stay safe on your last summer adventure! Keep Your Eyes on the Road Remember not to get distracted by music, arguing kids in the backseat, or technological devices like your smart phone. Pay attention to the road to protect yourself and your …
How to Prevent a Motorcycle Accident in Odessa
While motorcycle accidents aren’t more common than other kinds of vehicular crashes, the nature of the vehicle makes them far more likely to end in a serious injury or fatality. In fact, there are well over 30 times more fatalities from motorcycle accidents than cars. It pays to understand what causes these accidents and how you can avoid it happening …
Essential Safety Tips For Motorcyclist
Spring is a good time of year to focus on motorcycle safety. More motorcyclists will head out on the road in the spring and summer months and unfortunately, this means more collisions. Odessa Car Accident Lawyer, Childs Bishop & White, are providing the following tips so motorcyclists stay safe. Tips for Car Drivers Look for motorcycles. Many drivers look for an …
How to Avoid Getting Rear-Ended on a Motorcycle
When a car is rear-ended, the result is usually a fender bender accident where some information is exchanged between drivers and the incident is over. However, when the motorcyclist is rear-ended by a three or four thousand pound car, the outcome can be a crippling injury or worse. The roads are filled with distracted motorists who are mostly looking out …
Recent Events Reinforce Need for Seatbelts, Vigilance on Motorcycles
Two accidents in early October underscore the need for driver safety in motorcycles and automobiles. In the first, Matthew Dominic Munoz, a 25-year-old man from Fort Stockton, was killed when his motorcycle crashed into the rear-end of a John Deere backhoe loader. According to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman, Munoz hit the backhoe while traveling on 42nd Lane …
Odessa Personal Injury Lawyer Discusses Crash Involving Semi And Motorcycle
A 47-year-old semi driver from Tallahassee, Florida, was in an Odessa-area accident in which his rig collided with a motorcycle. He allegedly failed to yield the right-of-way to the motorcyclist, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety press release. Semi Allegedly Pulls in Front of Motorcycle The incident occurred at approximately 9:09 p.m. on June 18 when a 41-year-old man …
Auto Accident Attorney Discusses Odessa Area Wreck Involving Motorcycle
An accident just to the northwest of Odessa took the life of a motorcyclist on Thursday, May 21. A news release from the Texas Department of Public Safety states that a 55-year-old man from Hobbs, New Mexico, was riding his 2012 Harley Davidson northbound on Loop 338, approximately four miles outside of Odessa. At the same time, a 27-year-old Odessa …