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Marietta Accident Lawyer | New Law Increases Penalties for Accidents With Motorcyclists
A new law passed by the Georgia Legislature will take effect 1 July 2009. The new law will allow for the suspension of one's drivers license upon conviction for causing serious injury to another due to a right of way violation resulting from a collision with a motorcyclist, bicyclist, pedestrian, or farmer transporting livestock.Such a law would have little effect on the handling of a personal injury case stemming from such an accident because convictions are not admissable as evidence. This is not to say that the evidence surrounding the collision is inadmissible. It simply means that evidence of the actual conviction itself is inadmissible.
Many don't realize that bicyclists on the roadway must be afforded the same considerations as those driving cars. And in almost all cases a driver must yield to a pedestrian.
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