November 25, 2019

In 2017 Sacramento had the second highest cyclists’ fatality rate in the nation. In 2018 the fatality rate rose by almost 300%! A detailed study proves head injuries are the biggest reason for bike related deaths. Not a single state requires adult riders to wear helmets. Even more troubling is many bicycle advocates oppose such regulations.

Deb Banks is the acting executive director of the Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates and she said “It’s a distraction.” She went on to say that “the larger issue are streets that need to be safer and the crumbling infrastructure.” Ms. Banks commutes about 5 miles a day to downtown Sacramento and does not wear a helmet. She will wear a helmet on longer trips. She takes what she calls “low stress roads that are known bike commuting roads, so I feel safer and cars that travel those same roads are more likely to be aware of the cyclists around them.”

We know that head injuries are the leading cause of bicycle related death and after reviewing page after page of similar findings Jennifer Homendy from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) agreed and says her agency should put its weight behind a push to mandate helmet use for all riders. An additional fact not mentioned in this report is the increasing number of traumatic brain injuries as a result of bicycles crashes. The NTSB’s most recent research offers fresh evidence about the true extent of head injuries in bicycle crashes. It found “the underutilization of helmets continues to contribute to the incidence of deaths and serious injuries among crash-involved cyclists.” The job of the NTSB is to speak the truth and they have done this in their research findings.

We represent people who are injured because of the careless and reckless acts of others. At the end of the day your case can only be settled one time and you need to know all of the facts beforehand. The reason that insurance companies have paid our clients in excess of $130,000,000.00 is that we get the facts and are not intimidated at the prospect of going to trial when they refuse to follow the law. We help with serious issues that require serious representation. We are the Law Offices of Guenard & Bozarth. We have almost 60 years of experience in our plaintiff’s only law firm. Call GB Legal 24/7/365 at 888-809-1075 or visit www.gblegal.com We Can Help!

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INSURANCE COMPANIES KNOW US BECAUSE THEY’VE PAID OUR CLIENTS OVER $130 MILLION DOLLARS.

$2.9

MILLION

CAR ACCIDENT INJURY

Guenard & Bozarth llp obtained a $2,962,903 jury verdict in the Sacramento County Superior Court for plaintiff David Schoonover, who suffered head and neck injuries and fractures in a head-on accident on Roseville Road in Roseville on July 22, 2012

$300

THOUSAND

HAIR SALON INJURY

Guenard & Bozarth LLP recently settled a case for $300,000 involving a hair weave that went terribly wrong. Our client was a young lady, and aspiring model, who experienced pressure necrosis from a tight weave and it changed her life.

$500

THOUSAND

SLIP & FALL INJURY

Guenard & Bozarth LLP recently settled a slip and fall case for $500,000 a couple weeks before trial. The client slipped and fell on a wet piece of cardboard in a grocery store and sustained a serious shoulder injury that required surgery.

$300

THOUSAND

NEGLIGENCE INJURY

On February 13, 2013 Maricela, a Certified Nursing Assistant presented to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital Emergency Room with complaint of neck and back pain. She was diagnosed with a neck strain and was given Ibuprofen and instructed to return if her symptoms did not subside.

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