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If you have been in a Motorcycle Accident ANYWHERE in The State of California, call me now 24 hours per day, 7 days a week, for a free consultation at 800-816-1Law (800-816-1529), Extension 1
Welcome! my name is Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. I am a real biker, and a real California Biker and Motorcycle Lawyer.
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With more and more motorcycles on the road each year, it is important for bikers and motorcyclist to know their legal rights.
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04/05/07
Motorcycle Injury Accidents; Why do Bikers and Motorcycle Riders Not Want to Protect their Rights?; Thoughts from a California Biker Lawyer!
03:19:11 am, by Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. 
, 1062 words, 1556 views 
Categories: News, Articles, Personal Injury, Biker Rights, General Legal, Editorial, Insurance, Other
As a biker lawyer, I handle many motorcycle injury accident cases. I also give many free consultations for bikers and motorcyclist who are injured in motorcycle accident cases.
Bikers and Motorcycle Riders are a tough breed. This goes for the female bikers that I represent as well. In most cases, they call because they know that they have legal rights when they have been injured in a motorcycle accident, but they waffle as to whether they should retain a lawyer to get what they deserve.
I gave a consultation and signed up an interesting motorcycle accident case yesterday. The gal who was riding her motorcycle was hit by a negligent cager who swerved into her lane, and admitted that he did not see her. She has broken bones and is in severe pain.
Although she is a female, she exhibited the exact same macho biker personality that I see with all of my male clients. It made me think to myself; why do us bikers not want to protect our legal rights when we are injured in an accident due to no fault of our own?
Most bikers are just worried about getting their motorcycles fixed after an accident. I had one guy laying in a hospital bed with broken bones, and a punctured lung and all he cared about was his motorcycle. I see this time and time again. I can relate, I have been injured in a motorcycle accident and all I cared about was my bike.
Does this make sense? None of us can take our bikes to our grave, nor will the bike do us any good if we are too messed up to ride it anymore. We have to think about ourselves and our family in situations such as this. Why cheat ourselves and our family out of just compensation if a cager hits us?
I try to make things easy for bikers and motorcycle riders who are injured in motorcycle accident cases in the State of California. I send my investigator out to them so they do not have to hassle coming to my office, we assist in handling all of the property damage portions of the case for free without taking a percentage of property damage like some other personal injury lawyers do. Why would anyone sign up with a lawyer that would take a percentage of your property damage loss? The only job of our clients is to get better, and to cooperate with us in case we have to sue the people who caused the accident!
Even then some bikers and motorcyclist are apprehensive about retaining a lawyer. I am telling you now, don’t be apprehensive; pick up the damm phone and give me a call so I can help you! (My Firm handles motorcycle accident injury cases in California)
04/01/07
My Thoughts on Mandatory Speed Regulators on Sport Motorcycles.
02:05:05 am, by Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. , 346 words, 1087 views Categories: News, Articles, Biker Rights, General Legal, Editorial, Regulations
I have read several articles recently that governmental officials at the State and Federal level in the United States, and United Kingdom are contemplating laws that would require manufacturers of sport motorcycles otherwise known as “Crotch Rockets,” to install speed regulators on the motorcycles, that would limit their maximum speed to a pre-determined level. Some sport motorcycles can currently reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.
Although you will see articles from me condemning using these types of motorcycles to race on public roads, I am against governmental regulation that would cap the maximum speed of any type of motorcycle. There are already laws against speeding and reckless drivers.
There are many types of cars that can reach very fast speeds. Why is no one talking about putting speed regulators on cars? The end result of allowing such regulations would be more and more regulations. Eventually these regulations would cross over to cruiser motorcycles, and god knows what else.
Eventually with such regulations in place, big brother can and will take control of motorcycles and motorcycling. If I buy a motorcycle, I do not want some device installed that would limit my speed. Have you ever had a big rig truck tailgating you on the road while riding a motorcycle? Sometimes being able to speed up is necessary to be safe. In California there may be speed limits, but it is also illegal to not go with the flow of traffic.
The last thing I would want to be on is a motorcycle that is speed regulated so that I could not safely ride with the flow of traffic, or speed ahead of dangerous tailgaters.
There are many valid arguments for not wanting vehicles capable of 200 miles per hour on our public roads, and there are many valid arguments for not putting speed regulators on motorcycles or cars.
We already have laws to deal with speeding and reckless drivers. A free nation is less free with more and more government regulation.
I say no speed regulators. What do you say?
By Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., © 2007