A motorcycle accident can be devastating to the those that were involved in a motorcycle accident, and survived it, or to the family members that are living with the person that survived a motorcycle collision. This is especially true in cases where serious injuries were a result and the quality of life of both the accident survivor and his or her family is affected. Some cases are worse than others, resulting in loss of limbs, paralysis or brain or spinal damage, but even an accident that doesn’t cause serious injury can make life harder for someone.
The first thing, and some riders will tell you most important, is that getting into an accident affects your confidence to get back on the bike once again. After you have suffered a major accident, you may have fears of the accident occurring again and have a hard time getting back on the bike. This is natural and may be overcome with time. For serious injuries this may also affect family members and friends, who now have an innate – but natural – fear of getting on your bike as a passenger, or survivors of a loved one who died as a result of a bike accident may have no desire to get on a motorcycle.
If you are the survivor of an accident, you will likely have some sort of physical therapy after your hospital stay, depending upon the extent of your injuries, You may also require mental health counseling if the accident was particularly traumatic. This can go on for many weeks, months or in some cases years. You may not fully recover from your motorcycle accident, particularly in the case of more permanent injuries such as paralysis that resulted from a spinal injury or a severed arm or leg, which has been replaced by a prosthetic.
Of course, one factor that is a major problem for a motorcycle rider who wants to get on and ride again is that their bike may have been seriously damaged or totaled in the accident and they may now have to replace the bike again. If the person that hit you had insurance and the accident was their fault then you should receive some type of settlement from the insurance company. However, many people do not receive settlements for whatever reason, and so you may not have the ability to replace the bike. In addition, some bikes have been added to over a period of years and are worth more than the list price, as well as having sentimental value.
There are many factors that will affect the quality of life after you have an accident. However, if your accident was caused by someone else, and you have lost a limb, or use of a portion of your body, you should be fairly compensated for the other person’s error. You shouldn’t have to cover the medical costs yourself either. Also, if you are the loved one of someone that was killed in a motorcycle accident, you should contact a motorcycle accident attorney to discuss your options and make sure that you are compensated for the loss and damage that you suffered.
