Hollywood Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

No California statute prohibits lane splitting. Vehicle Code § 21658.1 defines the practice and authorizes the California Highway Patrol to develop educational guidelines for it; it does not make it unlawful, and it does not make it automatically safe or automatically the rider's fault. Insurers routinely argue otherwise, and that argument has to be answered with the statute rather than conceded.

What still applies is the basic speed law (Vehicle Code § 22350) and ordinary care by everyone on the road. Speed differential, lane position and the driver's mirror and signal use are the facts that decide these cases.

Helmets are required for all riders and passengers in California (Vehicle Code § 27803). Helmet use is about safety and citation exposure; it does not by itself determine who caused a collision.

We get the collision report — LAPD Hollywood Division for surface streets, CHP for the 101 — and read it against the physical evidence rather than accepting its narrative.

We photograph and preserve the motorcycle before it is released or repaired. Contact points, scrape direction and damage height frequently contradict a driver's version of the impact.

We send preservation letters along the corridor. Hollywood's storefronts, hotels, studios and residential buildings run cameras, and most systems overwrite within days.

We document injuries properly. Road rash, orthopedic injury and head trauma all need a treatment record that keeps pace with the recovery.