{"id":26483,"date":"2018-10-22T20:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T20:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?p=26483"},"modified":"2018-10-23T20:08:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:08:39","slug":"bike-accident-peter-david-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What to Do After a Bike Accident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bicycling has become an increasingly popular sport, pastime, and commuting mechanism. With more bikes sharing the road with more cars, it\u2019s inevitable that bicyclists will be hit by cars. Unfortunately for the cyclist, their injuries, damage to the bike, and other losses can be difficult to recoup. If you\u2019ve been involved in a bicycle accident, here are some proactive tips that you can take to help receive fair compensation that your personal injury lawyer Charleston wants you to know about.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seek Medical Attention<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bicyclists may often feel that they have been lucky just to walk away from an accident, and they may feel that they haven\u2019t been injured. However, these injuries can sometimes take hours to manifest. Even somewhat minor injuries can later develop into serious disabilities. Getting a complete and thorough exam from your medical professional will help to identify some of these issues and start intervention immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wait for the Police<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Major vehicle damage or serious driver injuries are typically rare in a vehicle vs. bicycle accident. This fact alone may prompt drivers to try to continue with their day and quickly leave the scene of an accident. However, the damage to your bike, your injuries and time lost for doctor\u2019s appointments may all be in your future. It\u2019s important to allow the police to come and document the scene of the accident and create a report.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, police will interview the driver but may forget entirely about interviewing you. It\u2019s important to remain involved and make sure that your side of the story is accounted for in the report. You should also request your own copy of the report for your records. In addition, document the scene yourself with photos or videos of damage to your body and your bicycle, as well as the scene of the accident and any damage to the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact a Personal Injury Lawyer Charleston <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vehicle accidents can become increasingly complex when a bicycle is involved. Drivers who often claim that they were responsible at the scene of the accident will change their mind when they are presented with a bill for damages. Hiring a personal injury lawyer Charleston quickly will increase the odds that you receive fair compensation, and that considers all of your personal damages. Contact our offices today for a consultation. With over 30 years of legal experience, we are sure that we can handle your case to get you the compensation your case warrants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What to Do After a Bike Accident Bicycling has become an increasingly popular sport, pastime, and commuting mechanism. With more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[126,124,125,130,131,791,793,799],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-accident-attorney","category-accident-attorney","category-accidents","category-charleston-accident-attorney","category-charleston-accident-lawyer","category-charleston-attorney","category-charleston-personal-injury-attorney","category-auto-accident-lawyer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown) - MMG Resources<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What to Do After a Bike Accident Bicycling has become an increasingly popular sport, pastime, and commuting mechanism. With more [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MMG Resources\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-22T20:16:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-23T20:08:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MediaBeast\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"headline\":\"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-22T20:16:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-23T20:08:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":428,\"articleSection\":[\"Auto Accident Attorney\",\"accident attorney\",\"accidents\",\"Charleston Accident Attorney\",\"Charleston Accident Lawyer\",\"Charleston Attorney\",\"Charleston Personal Injury Attorney\",\"auto accident lawyer\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/\",\"name\":\"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown) - MMG Resources\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-22T20:16:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-23T20:08:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"MMG Resources\",\"description\":\"Company Portal\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287\",\"name\":\"MediaBeast\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm\",\"caption\":\"MediaBeast\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/themediabeast.com\\\/resources\\\/author\\\/mediabeast\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown) - MMG Resources","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)","og_description":"What to Do After a Bike Accident Bicycling has become an increasingly popular sport, pastime, and commuting mechanism. With more [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/","og_site_name":"MMG Resources","article_published_time":"2018-10-22T20:16:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-23T20:08:39+00:00","author":"MediaBeast","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MediaBeast","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/"},"author":{"name":"MediaBeast","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287"},"headline":"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)","datePublished":"2018-10-22T20:16:21+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-23T20:08:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/"},"wordCount":428,"articleSection":["Auto Accident Attorney","accident attorney","accidents","Charleston Accident Attorney","Charleston Accident Lawyer","Charleston Attorney","Charleston Personal Injury Attorney","auto accident lawyer"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/","url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/","name":"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown) - MMG Resources","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-10-22T20:16:21+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-23T20:08:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/bike-accident-peter-david-brown\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What to Do After a Bike Accident (Peter David Brown)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/","name":"MMG Resources","description":"Company Portal","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/f1e4fbc14f15dffe99af02d0efb60287","name":"MediaBeast","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f2d8caf201e84c7b1c6349c85ac5699?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=mm","caption":"MediaBeast"},"url":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/author\/mediabeast\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26484,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26483\/revisions\/26484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themediabeast.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}