Motorcycle Crash

If you’re an Oregon motorcyclist, and you made it through 2011 unscathed, congratulations. Not everyone was so lucky. Every year, dozens of cyclists need the services of a good Oregon motorcycle accident attorney, largely because motorists frequently seem unable to spot a motorcycle on the road. For now, your motorcycle is probably safely stowed away, waiting for the warmer weather to return, and the ice to disappear.

While you’re waiting, we’d like to offer our Top 10 tips for safe motorcycling, in the hopes that if you follow them, you’ll remain healthy for many seasons to come. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month may not take place till May, but let’s give you the jump on how to stay healthy while still enjoying the open roads.

1. Just assume the motorists can’t see you. Try to make eye contact with drivers. If you’re successful, they probably won’t pull directly into your path.
2. Even if they see you coming, you can’t count on motorists and pedestrians being able to judge your speed or distance from them. Expect them to make mistakes. Read the rest »

Date: November 27, 2009
Location: I-5, Roseburg, Oregon
Names: Donald Nathan “Nush” Abbott, Charity Elise Torres

As Donald Nathan Abbott, 37, of Atlanta, Georgia, embarked on a cross-country journey on an Ashland-made Brammo Enertia motorcycle, he wrote in his blog: “One idiot, 3,800 miles, & an electric motorcycle with a 42-mile range. What could possibly go wrong?”

Tragically, Abbott’s question was answered on November 27, 2009, when his motorcycle was rear-ended on I-5, near Clarks Branch Road, in Roseburg, Oregon, by Charity Elise Torres, 20, or Myrtle Creek. Abbott was thrown off the bike, and rescuers found him unconscious at the scene.
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