I Was Hit by a Bike Ridden by a Delivery Driver for Postmates
These days everyone is using Postmates to order food to be delivered safely to their home or office. The drivers who ride a bicycle or an electric bicycle (called an e-bike) can be dangerous on the roads, when they are in a hurry to make their food deliveries on time to the customers. A bicycle can come around a corner and hit a pedestrian without any warning. These accidents will cause serious injuries for the pedestrians.
The Postmates delivery bicyclist can have issues reading the directions, be distracted on the bicycle, or be lost not knowing where to go to next. This all reads as inattention by still driving the bicycle for the Postmates delivery person, and it is a situation that will cause a pedestrian accident for sure.
Other Risk Factors that Cause Pedestrian Accidents by Postmates Bicyclists
There are other risk factors that will influence the increased chance of a Postmates bicyclist having an accident with a pedestrian on the roads. For example, a Postmates bicyclist can have an issue with:
- Parking on the road, narrowing the bike lanes
- Vertical grades and slopes on the road
- Windy or rainy conditions on the roadways
- Width of bike lanes or car lanes on the road
- Medians on the roadways
- Bus stops and buses discharging passengers on the roads
- Driveways and cars backing out into traffic
- Left and right-turn lanes slowed by traffic of cars
- Time of the day making deliveries and pedestrians out and about
- Commercial or thickly settled areas
- Average daily traffic conditions
Why Are Postmates Bicyclists on Electric Bikes Dangerous on the Roads?
Oftentimes, a Postmates delivery driver is using an e-bike, and they can be super dangerous on the roads. An e-bike ramps up faster than a conventional pedal bike, which means if the driver is not paying attention, that bike can go too fast for the driver to handle safely. E-bikes have heavier frames and accelerate faster than normal bikes. This means that the driver will need more time to react to brake the bike to avoid an accident. E-bikes actually have disc brakes, much like the brakes in a car! The disc brakes of an e-bike are very powerful, sensitive to the touch of the foot of the driver, and can easily cause the bike to swerve into a pedestrian if used improperly.
The throttle on an e-bike is like that of a motorcycle. It propels the e-bike without the rider using the pedals to go forward. If the driver of the e-bike has no idea how to use the throttle safely, then this will be a recipe for disaster.
Postmates Bicycle Delivery People Don’t Know How to Ride Their Bikes Safely on the Roads
Some Postmates delivery bicycle drivers are using e-bikes or even conventional manual pedal bikes. These delivery bike riders are dangerous on the roads, and do not know how to be safe to avoid accidents with pedestrians on the roadways. Many of them don’t understand how to:
- Use the brakes on the e-bike
- Prepare the e-bike for a safe ride
- Not exceed total weights on the e-bike for safety
- Not care for the wheel rims to prevent brake friction on the components
- Not perform regular tire pressure checks
- Not adjust the gears and brakes on the e-bike regularly
- Not correctly adjust the saddle height to reach the pedals properly on the e-bike
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Postmates Bicycle Delivery Drivers Are Often Hitting Pedestrians Causing Serious Personal Injuries
If you have been hit by a Postmates delivery bicycle driver, you may have experienced serious personal injuries in that accident. You need someone who understands your pain! When you call our office, you can talk to an attorney who knows how to help you get the money you need in full settlement package form, to handle your recovery of your injuries the right way.
You may have been injured by the following types of injuries in your accident, including:
- Wrist fractures
- Finger and toe fractures
- Rib fractures
- Subdural hematomas
- Comas
- Broken bones
- Scrapes and bruises
- Spinal injuries
- Lower extremity injuries
- Thoracic trauma
- Pelvic injuries
- Abdominal injuries
- Fractures
- Facial fractures
- Skull fractures
We understand that you need to file a lawsuit when you feel that you have been wronged in this situation. Certainly, when you were walking down the street legally as a pedestrian, you never considered that a Postmates delivery bicyclist would knock you down on the sidewalk. That must have come as a shock to you, and we are ready to discuss your injuries with you today. You can feel comfortable discussing your case with a lawyer with experience in these types of personal injury claims.
Postmates Delivery Bicyclists are Dangerous on the Roads
Postmates delivery bicyclists are a danger on the roadways. They can have accidents with pedestrians when they:
- Enter an intersection on a red light and hit a pedestrian crossing the street
- Swerve left to avoid a vehicle and hit a pedestrian in the crosswalk
- Travel into the crosswalk and hit a pedestrian by accident
- Not signal and hit a pedestrian
- Swerve to avoid hitting a vehicle door in the street and hit a pedestrian
- Turn right in front of a crosswalk and hit a pedestrian
- Cut around a car and hit a pedestrian legally crossing the street
- Try to beat a yellow caution light and hit a pedestrian
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Can I Sue and Do I Have a Case Against Postmates?
Yes, you can sue when you are knocked down and injured by a Postmates bicyclist delivery person, who hits you as a pedestrian. You just need to call an experienced attorney in Los Angeles, who will not have the slightest intimidation regarding this situation. We are here to bring an action to resolve this to a win-win situation. We are here and our Los Angeles case lawyers can file a lawsuit right away, to get you the money you need to recover completely in this case. Just call our case attorneys in Los Angeles who can sue for you, and resolve any issues that you have had in this case, for a full recovery compensation package that will pay off your medical bills as they arise.
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