Motorcycle Accidents

Two Sonoma County men are dead after a weekend motorcycle accident in Petaluma. The Petaluma Patch reports that speed appears to be the primary factor in this accident, which occurred Sunday afternoon around 2:30 p.m.

Two motorcyclists recently died in separate accidents along the same rural stretch of road in San Mateo County. California Highway Patrol said that the fatal motorcycle accidents happened last weekend on a remote portion of Pescadero Creek Road.

The California Highway Patrol reports that two motorcyclists have suffered severe personal injuries after being hit by a distracted driver near Redwood City on Sunday morning. The motorcycle crash was caused by a 19-year-old San Jose man driving a Prius who was distracted by his cellphone. The use of smartphones in cars is a growing

A San Luis Obispo County man recently died in a serious motorcycle accident. Authorities say that the 48-year-old Paso Robles man collided with a Mazda on Highway 229 near Santa Margarita.

May is Motorcycle safety awareness month, and as the weather warms up you can expect to see more motorcycles, scooters, and bicycles on the road. As part of our campaign to raise awareness we’ll be posting motorcycle safety facts and figures throughout the week.

A recent survey from the California Office of Traffic Safety indicates that many motorcyclists feel unsafe when lane-splitting, the practice of moving between slow-moving cars. At least 30 percent of the OTS survey respondents reported feeling concerned about being involved in a motorcycle accident because of a driver failing to check their mirrors or driving

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has declared May Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. The initiative was set in place to help make drivers more aware of the two-wheeled vehicles that they share the road with in order to prevent motorcycle accidents from occurring.

We all have heard the slogan “start seeing motorcycles.” This slogan is more than catchy; it is a real warning to negligent drivers everywhere who cause motorcycle accidents across the nation. The damages suffered by the victims of these accidents are really put in perspective when a San Francisco-based prosthetics company owner says that a

We all have heard that accidents can happen anywhere and at anytime. This statement is literally true as one California family learned this past year when they lost their husband and father on May 26, 2011 in a motorcycle accident. Now, approximately 10 months later, the widow and her two sons have filed a lawsuit

It may seem like a minor mistake to forget to signal a turn or to sneak above the posted speed limit, but even the smallest rule of the road is vitally important. Traffic rules and regulations were created to keep order on streets and highways in California and across the nation. When they are followed,