Accidents can happen to anyone traveling on the road. Because of our nation’s initiatives to lower our speed limits years ago, our roads are relatively safer not than in years gone by. It is quite likely that you may witness or see an accident at some time in your lie. If you are the bystander to an accident with a motorcycle, consider that there are some things to keep in mind. Mind you, this is not a list of tips or a dissertation on advice to follow at the scene of an accident with a motorcycle. It is just some food for thought, or rather, something to consider if you ever see this type of accident happening.
Unless you just happen to be an EMT and just happen to be driving in an ambulance at the exact moment you come upon this loss, do not act as if you are an EMT. Or said another way, if you are not a highly trained emergency care professional, do not hold yourself out to be a highly trained professional. If you come up to an accident scene, you should not begin to act as a “good Samaritan” and start moving the person around. If the motorcycle driver is on the ground, you can possibly talk to the person and tell him or her that help is on the way. Then, call for help using your cell phone and describe exactly what you see at the scene. This will help the authorities to know what equipment to bring along with them for managing the emergency situation.
You should never get the idea to remove a person’s helmet after an accident has occurred. This would possibly lead to a dangerous situation. If the person has had a cervical, back or spine injury, you would be moving the person and make the injury a million times worse. Like I mentioned earlier, you should look and not assist at a scene, unless you are told to do something by the police or by a highly trained individual who is advising people on what to do. In fact, since you most likely are not trained to do anything to help the victim of a motorcycle crash, then you will fall into the category of being the average person witnessing an accident (most of us fall into this category).
As I said, you may be the witness to an accident. You may feel that you just need someone to talk to about what you saw. You can call the law offices of Ledger & Associates at 1-800-300-0001 or email us at www.ledgerlaw.com if you want to discuss liability issues or have questions regarding an accident you may have been involved in recently.
