Bicycle Accidents

The Research Triangle Park and surrounding communities of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill has a significant population of cyclist that choose bicycling as a form of recreation, exercise and daily transportation.  The communities have created many bicycling friendly roadways and greenways, but despite all those efforts, there are far too many collisions between bicyclist and automobiles each year.  When a collision occurs between an automobile or truck and a bicycle, the bicyclist always loses and will often suffer serious injuries.  The attorneys at GMFM have represented many bicyclist over the course to the last 30 years and have the experience needed to help a bicyclist navigate through the legal process of recovering compensation for the loses caused by such injuries due to the negligence of others.

North Carolina law requires that bicyclists follow the same laws as any other vehicle on our roadways, and gives bicyclists the same rights as any other vehicle on the roadway.  These rights are often ignored by automobile drivers.   Sometimes the serious injuries to bicyclist occur because the bicyclist is not seen by the automobile driver who is looking for another automobile and simply does not see the bicyclist.  Other times automobiles fail to yield the right of way to a bicyclist, or attempt to pass them when it is not safe to do so, because often the driver just does not wish to share the road with our two wheeled friends.

All of the attorneys at GMFM have engaged in athletics throughout their lives and have an appreciation for the loss caused when an athlete is injured by the negligent operation of an automobile or truck. Let the experienced attorneys at GMFM fight to protect your rights. contact us for an evaluation of your case.

The following are useful links regarding Bicycling Safety:
http://bicyclesafe.com/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/out/bike_safety.html
http://www.kenkifer.com/bikepages/traffic/
http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/bikeinjuries.html