Motorcycle Accidents

A fatal Orange County motorcycle accident was responsible for closing several lanes of traffic on I-405 on Wednesday, March 6. The man who was killed in the accident has been identified as 68-year-old Larry Angelo, of Fontana. An officer with the California Highway Patrol said that Angelo was declared dead at the scene of the […]

Although a lot of steps in have been taken in California to educate drivers and encourage everyone to watch for motorcycles on the road, many drivers still drive distracted, don’t check for motorcycles sharing the road, or engage in other unsafe driving behaviors that lead to a motorcyclist getting hurt—or even killed. Impatient and unaware […]

Lane splitting—the act of riding a motorcycle or bike between lanes of slow or stopped traffic—is legal in California, but motorcyclists often have a hard time pursuing a claim after they are injured in a lane-splitting motorcycle accident. As OC motorcycle accident attorneys, we have seen the struggles these victims face, and we think it’s […]

California is the only state in the US where it is legal for motorcyclists to engage in “lane splitting” or riding in between lanes of slow or stopped traffic. Unfortunately, many California drivers are under-informed or unaware of the state’s lane-splitting laws, and many Orange County motorcycle accidents are caused by drivers who were not […]

Because motorcycles pose a great risk to their riders, especially with negligent and inattentive drivers occupying our roadways, it is important to take every precaution to protect yourself when you are out on the open road. While protective clothing is a must, the most important piece of motorcycle safety gear is the helmet. Many riders […]

Because motorcycles are smaller than other vehicles on the road, and because so many Orange County drivers just aren’t paying attention behind the wheel, motorcyclists seem to run an increased risk of being left behind in an Orange County hit-and-run motorcycle accident. In fact, some drivers even later claim that they only heard a small […]

If you were injured in a hit-and-run motorcycle accident in Orange County, you may be wondering what kind of person could possibly stand to leave an injured person behind. Unfortunately, motorcyclists are often the victims of hit-and-run accidents in the OC, and the injuries are often serious. While the excuse from the guilty driver always […]

Intersections are a dangerous place for anyone on the road, but they pose a particularly significant risk to motorcyclists who share the road with much larger vehicles. Unfortunately, some drivers are distracted or simply don’t watch for motorcycles. These drivers may pull out in front of a motorcycle or suddenly swerve into its lane. Intersections […]

The Orange County Register recently answered a question that might be of interest to Orange County motorists and riders: What is up with the weird swerve in some of the roadways that intersect with Garden Grove Boulevard in Garden Grove? In an area where roadways generally are composed of neat lines and rectangles, some streets […]

A recent article appeared in the Orange County Register that addressed the occasional strange jogs or kinks in some roadways, especially before intersections. While the answer has to do with orderly road grids fitting to the curvature of the planet (and there’s not much we can do about that), motorcyclists and other motorists in Orange […]