Could any of these very unpleasant things happen to you? - You slow down and look, but roll through a four-way stop, then a drunk driver runs the sign and crashes into you. - You get doored, and a police officer incorrectly tickets you for riding too close to parked cars. - The battery on your blinky tail light dies while you’re riding home from work, and a texting driver veers into the bike lane and crashes into you. Because of a outdated and unfair legal doctrine, in any of these cases, you might not be able to collect any compensation for your smashed up bike, your broken leg, or the days of work you missed while you were healing. Often referred to as the “one percent” rule, the Contributory Negligence doctrine prohibits you from recovering damages (money) from a crash if a court thinks you are in any way responsible for the crash. Read more about what were doing to fix this problem: waba.org/blog/2014/09/contributory-what/
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:21:27 +0000
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