1. Talk to the bicycle race organizers in France and ask them what the heck their vehicle was doing when it hit you.

 

2. Remove all evidence of performance enhancing drugs.

 

3. Smile for the cameras no matter how much it hurts.

 

4. Get all the sympathy possible before being taken by ambulance to the hospital.

 

5. Ask the emergency room doctors for some pain killers.

 

6. Avoid the hospital cafeteria no matter how hungry you are.

 

7. Tell the press that you’ll be back on the race course next year – just as soon as your multiple fractures heal.

 

8. Get all the nurses to sign your casts.

 

9. Sign those endorsement deals before they retract their offers.

 

10. Have your agent try to sell your story of what really happened.

 

Here are ten actual tips of advice from a bicycle accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a personal injury in Corona del Mar, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learning how we can assist you.

 

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it may have been a few hours since the accident. However, if you ever have another accident, or if it’s only been a few hours since you were hurt, here’s what you should do from the start.

 

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

 

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

 

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

 

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

 

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

 

Seventh, call a good bicycle accident attorney as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the lawyer can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good bicycle accident attorney can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an lawyer, think again. A good bicycle accident attorney can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most bicycle accident lawyers advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

 

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

 

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

 

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

 

If you’ve had a bicycle accident in Orange County, Newport Beach, Anaheim, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, costa Mesa, Westminster, Buena Park, Mission Viejo, Garden Grove, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, Chino Hills, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Newport Beach Bicycle Accident Lawyer and your Corona del Mar Bicycle Accident Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

 

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learn how we can assist you.

1. When a car is racing through traffic changing lanes as if the driver is on a race course.

 

2. When someone elderly is driving far slower than traffic in the fast lane.

 

3. When someone is driving far slower than trucks on the freeway in the truck lane late at night.

 

4. When a person who is nervous driving on the freeway enters from an on ramp at a slow speed.

 

5. When an elderly or handicapped driver is changing lanes relying only on side view mirrors due to an inability to turn and look for traffic.

 

6. When there’s a promotion offering free food at a fast food restaurant.

 

7. When bars are closing and some moron passes you going ninety.

 

8. Where there is freeway construction and traffic from an on ramp are thrust into a lane without much time.

 

9. When traffic is stop and go.

 

10. That sound of screeching tires just before you feel the car smash into you.

Here are ten tips of advice from a car accident lawyer to follow if you have been in an accident. You can also learn more about how to handle a personal injury in Fullerton, or any city, by calling the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson at any of the numbers which can be found on our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learning how we can assist you.

 

Obviously, if you have had an accident, and you are reading all of this advice, it may have been a few hours since the accident. However, if you ever have another accident, or if it’s only been a few hours since you were hurt, here’s what you should do from the start.

 

First, take a look around and determine if you or anyone, are hurt. If so, taking steps like trying to prevent further injury or loss of blood are the most important thing you can do. Even if some other driver caused you to be injured, it’s just good manners to help the other driver if they are hurt. They may even be so thankful that they admit their fault to you. The worst thing you can do is get angry or start a fight.

 

Second, make sure everyone is safe from being injured further. If you are in the middle of traffic, and you are dizzy, sit down away from traffic. If your vehicle is a traffic hazard and you have accident warning devices like flares or triangles, put them out on the road to warn other drivers and get away from the car. Let the police an other emergency personnel investigate the scene with the vehicles in place and move them more safely at a later point.

 

Third, call the police. Accident reports are extremely helpful if the police will do such a report. Let the police know you are injured immediately. Answer the police questions honestly. But if you are dazed or confused, let them know you need medical treatment and answer only what you feel sure about. Remember, your statements can and will be used against you if you admit fault, and it will be too late and too fishy to later say you didn’t know what you were saying at the scene. Police know that your best recollection is immediately after an accident.

 

Fourth, get the other driver’s information including their names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, make and model of their vehicles, license plate numbers, and their insurance company name and policy number. If there are witnesses, get their names, addresses and telephone numbers as well. If the other driver makes any admissions of fault, write those down as well.

 

Fifth, if you have a camera on your cell phone or in the car and you aren’t too injured, take some photos of the vehicles and the scene. If you can’t do it right away, do it after you are released from the hospital.

Sixth, if you are hurt, obtain medical treatment. Don’t decline the ambulance or hospital examination to save your insurance company money or to be stoic. Take your valuables out of your car if you can and get checked out at the hospital. If you are not hurt, don’t get treatment you don’t need. However, remember, after an accident, you may feel a rush of adrenaline that causes you to only start feeling symptoms of pain a few hours later. If you have a health plan that requires you to obtain permission first, call them and find out where you are allowed to seek treatment.

 

Seventh, call a good car accident lawyer as soon as you have had your initial treatment, so the attorney can gather other important evidence and prevent the insurance company from taking advantage of you and obtaining such things as recorded statements that you feel fine, when many of your symptoms have yet to manifest themselves. A good car accident lawyer can save you from making a great deal of mistakes and can shoulder much of the hassle of knowing what to do about car repairs, car rentals, medical treatment, witness statements and the like. If you think you will save money by not having an attorney, think again. A good car accident lawyer can almost always obtain much higher settlements, obtain reductions of medical bills and insurance liens and prevent you from making costly mistakes. Also, most car accident attorneys advance costs of obtaining police reports, medical records and the like and are paid and reimbursed for these costs only out of any settlement.

 

Eight, you will need to report the accident to your insurance company, but since they will want to take a recorded statement from you, just like any other driver’s insurance company, it’s good advice to retain an attorney first. And if the other driver did not have insurance, remember that it is your own insurance company that will be your adversary. You will also need to report the accident to the Department of Motor Vehicles and your lawyer can give you the form for this.

 

Ninth, do not agree to settle your claim privately with the person at fault for the accident. This almost never works out to your advantage. Don’t agree not to call the police. Police reports that determine the fault for an accident are golden. Your agreement to not involve the police only affords an opportunity for the other driver to change his story and blame you when the police will no longer investigate the accident.

 

Tenth, don’t pay a traffic ticket without a fight if you weren’t at fault or agree to accept a small payment for your vehicle repairs without knowing that the amount will in fact cover the cost of all the repairs.

 

If you’ve had a car accident in Orange County, Newport Beach, Anaheim, Irvine, Huntington Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Orange, Fullerton, costa Mesa, Westminster, Buena Park, Mission Viejo, Garden Grove, Laguna Niguel, San Clemente, Chino Hills, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your Fullerton Car Accident Lawyer and your Orange County Car Accident Attorney. Be sure to hire a California law firm with auto, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, car, bus, train, boat and airplane accident experience, wrongful death experience and insurance law expertise who can ensure you are properly represented and get the compensation you deserve.

 

If you have a personal injury legal matter, a dog bite or if you’ve lost a loved one in a wrongful death accident, call the Law Offices of R. Sebastian Gibson, or visit our website at http://www.SebastianGibsonLaw.com  and learn how we can assist you.

ef=”http://www.squidoo.com/Cheltenham-Racing-Review” target=”_blank”>The Cheltenham Festival Review 2009

This year the Cheltenham Festival adds another chapter to it’s history.

The Queen will have a runner in the Cheltenham Gold Cup for the first time next week with a horse left to her by her late mother, prompting a flurry of bets at Buckingham Palace.

Emotions will run high if the horse triumphs as the Queen’s distinctive colours – purple, scarlet and black – have never previously graced the winner’s enclosure at the Cheltenham Festival.

The late Queen Mother, a regular attendee of the Cheltenham Festival, also never managed to carry off the main prize. It was Queen Elizabeth who owned the sole royal winner at the Festival since the Second World War, when Dave Dick rode Antiar to victory in 1965, but even that was not in the Blue Riband event.

The Festival takes place in mid-March each year around Saint Patrick’s Day, (March 17), and so attracts many tens of thousands of Irish horse racing fans as well as dozens of Irish horses, jockeys and trainers for the races themselves. The Festival is held at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds deep in the countryside of South-West England. Traditionally the event was held over three days but in 2005 an extra day was added and the new format has remained.

The Gold Cup

There are twenty-five races in all, but the Cheltenham Gold Cup is the highlight of the Festival. The race is for horses of five years old and above and is run over a course of three miles and two-and-a-half furlongs, or 5 331 metres, that includes twenty-two fences.

The first winner, on March 12, 1924, was the five-year-old Red Splash. The legendary horse, Golden Miller, won the race on five consecutive occasions from 1932-1936 with a variety of jockeys, while Cottage Rake, Arkle and Best Mate also won three consecutive races.

In 2007 Kauto Star silenced his critics in scintillating fashion and propelled himself into the upper echelons of racing history when careering away with the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup.

2008’s Gold Cup was a duel between the two finest equine specimens Britain has seen in decades, the stable mates Denman and Kauto Star. For weeks racegoers could speak of nothing other than the showdown between the two rivals that are billeted next to each other in trainer Paul Nicholls’s Somerset yard. Their closeness extended beyond their accommodation: such was the balance of their qualities, few could put a cigarette paper between their chances. Colossal figures were staked on their relative merits.

As the race was called, 60,000 enthusiasts crammed the grandstands for a view, anxious to witness sporting history, to say they were there. And in an atmosphere so charged it sizzled, Denman blitzed the field. Guided with immeasurable skill by his jockey, he led from the front, leaving Kauto Star seemingly dazed in his wash.

Who will be in the winners circle at the Cheltenham Festival 2009?

Further information can be found at the Cheltenham Festival Review site and our Cheltenham Festival Betting Site.

Sports cars are performance vehicles that provide driving satisfaction and pleasure. They allow a person to engage in the absolute driving experience and be in touch directly with the highway or road, as diametrically as possible.

In the automobile industry where economy vehicles, ‘family sedans’ and SUV’s dominate the field, sports cars definitely stand out.

These types of cars, for the able and skilled drivers, can give optimum performance on the road. Not all drivers are equally skilled, but to individuals who are capable of feeling and understanding the faint messages of these vehicles, they can indulge in a rewarding and satisfying driving experience since sports cars are intended to be driven fairly fast.

Because of this driving pleasure, many people are drawn to a sports car. This is just one of the many reasons why people like these vehicles. Other reasons include:

1. Appearance. The aerodynamic design of a sports car makes it appealing to car fans. Although when you are making an automotive investment, this should not be the principal or only reason to purchase that vehicle. Functionality should be the primary consideration even though beauty will also enter into your decision.

2. Driving characteristics. While other vehicles are mainly designed for affordability and function, sports cars gives emphasis on performance and execution. The trait and condition of driving a sports car is an experience often unmatched.

Keeping in mind their very discriminating car drivers, sports cars easily out perform the road execution of other automobiles. Drivers can quickly accelerate when required, hug turns, and have a certain driving management not provided by most vehicles.

3. Fun and excitement. The driving qualities of a sports car can provide excitement and fun.

A person can spend hours talking about exciting experiences such as curve hugging wile not taking one’s foot off of the accelerator or zooming past slow moving traffic yet remaining in full control or talk about the feeling of gratification , and knowing that one is driving a car with superb engineering.

4. Duration and resale value. Each new automobile depreciates the very second it is driven. However, sports cars will become more valuable as time passes, because of their above-mentioned qualities and are expected to become potential classics that will retain their value.

One does not need to make their car choice a statement, although if one chooses, the opportunity is right there. Owning a sports car will make a statement about the owner’s personality.

Sports car lovers generally think they best maximize the enjoyment of their ownership experience when squeezing a steering wheel or getting dirt under their fingernails. Driving is, of course, at the very heart of owning a sports car. Maintaining, repairing and customizing cars can be a wonderful ancillary to the ownership experience.

There is, however, another venue in which one can find a great deal of enjoyment in sports car ownership. Surprisingly, it’s not at a racetrack or car show, but instead is at a keyboard. The internet can open a variety of awesome opportunities to maximize one’s enjoyment of their sports car.

The internet offers a great opportunity to learn more about your sports car and to interact with other aficionados from around the world. In the past, one was limited in finding new ideas and information about their sports car. Sure, they could join an auto club or seek out interesting newsstands titles, but there was a comparative paucity of information compared to what is now available to anyone with an internet connection.

One may find the cause of that riddle of a noise in the exhaust system from a fellow owner in England. One may find the exact means by which to implement a long-desired upgrade in an online chat with a fellow driver from Brazil. The global reach of the internet provides a spectacular opportunity for sports car enthusiasts to share their news, hints and stories with one another.

In addition to opportunities to find out what others are doing and to communicate with them, the internet also provides a comprehensive reference guide that shames any owner’s manual or Chilton’s guide. Curious as to exactly how many of your particular car were produced in its model year? A quick search can provide the answer. Do you need to know the exact part number of the brake caliper you need to replace? Again, you can find it online in a matter of minutes.

The resources available online provide every sports car owner with a legitimate chance of becoming a true expert. Study of your car, its history, strengths and weaknesses can elevate your understanding of the machinery to levels previously reserved only for those who worked on the vehicle’s actual design. The end-user becomes the expert, thanks to the information readily available online.

There are chat rooms, forums, message boards and a host of other web sites devoted to sports cars. Some are general in nature, focusing on the driving experience or providing a broadly stroked overview of the sports car community. Others are precise in their interests and are limited to exacting discussions regarding particular makes and models of cars. Most all are welcoming of newcomers with stories to share, questions to ask, and advice to dispense.

The information-sharing network that exists insures any sports car driver can learn more about their vehicle than they may have believed possible.

Although learning and research may not get the blood pumping quite like an afternoon country drive or provide the sense of satisfaction inherent in a do-it-yourself repair job, they can serve to significantly improve the quality of your sports car ownership experience. Knowledge for the sake of knowledge, as well as information gleaned with a specific intent can make owning and maintaining a high-performance sports car even more enjoyable.

When not behind the wheel or under the hood, a true sports car fan can find a great deal of information and entertainment from behind a keyboard.