Massachussetts Motorcycle Accident Blog

Kansas lawmakers decided on Tuesday that motorcyclists should be allowed to run red lights that simply "just won't change."  The bill, also known as, "Dead Red" was geared towards lights that fail to register motorcycles because of their size or weight.  The discretion is up to the biker to go through the light if it "fails to turn green after a reasonable period of time."  This eliminates the position bikers have previously been in where they are either stuck at the light for a seemingly endless amount of time or they risk going through the light and being ticketed.

The Motorcycle Lawyers represent injured bikers all across Massachusetts including cities like Cambridge and Framingham.

A Man from Somerville has been indicted on a vehicular homicide charge for allegedly driving drunk and killing the passenger on his motorcycle this past July.  The man, Richard Migliacci, was riding his motorcycle in Somerville, MA near Wellington Circle when he ran a red light, cut off a semi-truck and hit the median, throwing his passenger off the bike.  Both Richard and his passenger were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital where Sinead Lovett was pronounced dead.  An arraignment date has not been set.  The Motorcycle Lawyers represent bikers all over Massachusetts including cities like Somerville and Middlesex.

The Massachusetts Motorcycle Association has released it's legislative agenda for 2011 and The Motorcycle Lawyers would like to highlight a few of the issues we find important for you.  The first is called SD1694 The Motorcycle Safety Fund Bill, it's purpose is to recreate a secure fund for motorcyclists in Massachusetts that would be separate from the "General Fund."  The second is called SD1699 The Helmet Choice For Adults Bill, it's purpose is to simply provide adults the freedom to choose whether or not to wear a helmet while riding their motorcycle.  The third is SD1545 The Motorcycle Safety Training Bill, it would provide junior motorcycle training at no cost to the Commonwealth.  The last one that we'd like to explain today is SD681 The Right Of Way Bill, this would provide harsher consequences for motorists who invade a riders travel lanes, which could cause serious injury or death.  The Motorcycle Lawyers represent bikers all over Mass. including cities like Boston and Hingham. 

The roof of Tibby's Harley-Davidson in Springfield, Mass. collapsed early Wednesday evening.  Luckily, the only person inside the building at the time was co-owner Kathy Thibodeau, who was not injured.  The roof of this two-story building was covered with snow and the weight brought the roof down into the second floor, all the motorcycles are housed in the first floor and none of them were damaged.  For safety reasons, the bikes have been moved to an adjacent building.  The Motorcycle Lawyers represent bikers in cities all over Massachusetts including Springfield and Cambridge.

The Motorcycle Lawyers have been informed that the MMA (Massachusetts Motorcycle Association) is supporting a Call To Action, released by the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) at the beginning of January.  Many of our fellow bikers may recall the outrage of our Motorcycle Safety Fund being used for non-motorcycle projects, well this is a similar situation.  Changes have been proposed to the Highway Trust Fund that would no longer allow States to oversee and plan highway projects, therefore, using our (the taxpayers) money for whatever they please, including non-highway projects.  Voting on this proposal was supposed to have taken place on January 5th but as of now there is no update as to the result.  For more information on this Call To Action and to learn how you can help visit www.mrf.org

The Massachusetts Motorcyclists' Survivors Fund is an organization that raises money for families who have lost loved ones due to motorcycle accidents.  The money raised can go to funeral arrangements, bills or just simply to help until life insurance money kicks in.  In order to keep the funds going, this group holds events year round.  They already kicked off the New Year by having a motorcycle run on New Year's Day, their 10th Annual "First Ride of The Season."  Next, the MMSF will host a bike night with the help of their friends the Aces & Eights RC on Saturday, January 15th from 7pm-11pm.  They ask for a $5 donation for food and everyone is welcome to come and enjoy themselves!  To learn more about the MMSF and their events visit http://www.massmsf.org/index.html

If you go to any of the MMSF events let The Motorcycle Lawyers know about it!

The Motorcycle Lawyers just received a report that a motorcyclist was injured during a crash with a car in Newton, MA last night around 5pm.  The accident happened at the intersection of Washington and Highland Streets.  More information about the accident should be released to the Boston news shortly.  We would like to take this time to remind everyone to Watch For Motorcycles so that these horrible accidents don't happen.

The Motorcycle Lawyers would like to congratulate the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association (MMA) on receiving a Legislative award at the 2010 MRF Meeting of the Minds.  They have been recognized for their achievements in defeating multiple Bylaws and Noise Ordinances against bikers throughout the state of Massachusetts this year.  Keep up the good work!

Saturday night, Route 190 in Worcester, MA was closed for nearly 2 hours.  This, unfortunately, is because a man lost control of his 2010 Harley-Davidson and crashed in to a guardrail.  After being taken to the U Mass Medical Center he was pronounced dead.  Very few details about this fatal accident are unknown but The Motorcycle Lawyer would like to remind everyone that when riding a motorcycle safety is NUMBER 1!  Also, Massachusetts law requires riders and passengers to wear a DOT approved helmet so please remember to do so.