Let’s assume that you were riding your motorcycle on a street and the oncoming driver makes a left turn right in front of you, causing you to hit the car and suffer serious injuries. The driver (assuming he or she is insured) will call his or her insurance agent to inform the agent of the [...]

Of the tens of thousands of motorcycle riders who are killed or injured each year, up to 45 percent of them are killed or injured in a single motorcycle accident, in which the motorcyclist collides with the roadway or some fixed object in the environment. In single motorcycle accidents, operator (driver) error is the cause [...]

It’s 5:30 p.m. on a Wednesday afternoon and you’re stuck in your car in stop-and-go rush hour traffic. It’s been a hectic day, things haven’t gone well, and you just want to go home and relax. And the moment you hit the brake to avoid rear-ending the car in front of you, a motorcyclist passes [...]

A 50-year-old man who stole a motorcycle crashed and died in a solo motorcycle accident on Tuesday.  It is reported that the biker, who has yet to be identified pending notification of his family, was traveling at speeds of more than 100 mph.  The man lost control of the motorcycle and went into the ditch [...]

If you’ve been involved in a motorcycle accident, you may be trying to handle the case on your own.  This can be one of the biggest mistakes you are making.
Insurance companies are in the business of turning a profit.  To that end, an insurance adjuster is trained to de-value your case.  They are often seasoned [...]

Answer:  NO
While California law requires that all those on motorcycle must wear a helmet, there is no such thing as an approved helmet.  Some government literature has stated that bikers must wear or should weat DOT approved helmets.  This is not true.
California’s motorcycle helmet law is as follows:
 The helmet law for “riders”27803. (a) A driver and [...]

It started with leather in The Wild One. Then, Harley Davidson made a line of clothing to go along with membership in Harley Davidson consumer groups across the country. Yes, bikers dress a certain way. Whether it’s bandana, t-shirt, jeans and boots to leather chaps, motorcyclists have their own distinct style, and they are not [...]

The allure of motorcycles has always been their link to freedom. They indeed symbolize freedom from the constraints of everyday life. This association became cemented in our brains in the 1954 Marlon Brando movie The Wild One. It is considered by many as the first and foremost biker film to focus on leather, gangs and [...]

It’s spring time, days are longer, weather is warming up, and you have had enough of weekday jaunts in traffic. You feel the open road beckoning—perhaps a long haul across the desert to Las Vegas. Winter zipped by and so will the opportunity to take advantage of perfect weather to haul out your baby and [...]

Two of the most controversial topics regarding motorcycles in California are helmets and lane splitting.  
In California, it is required by law to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle.  It is still unclear to me how a motorcycle helmet would prevent a car from making an illegal u-turn or from getting struck by a [...]