Do NOT Wear Your Motorcycle Gear in Florida if You Want This to Happen to You

Don’t wear your motorcycle gear if you’re okay gambling with your life and your savings. Let’s get one thing straight. Motorcycle gear doesn’t just protect your body in a crash, it can also protect your case, Florida law doesn’t require all riders to wear helmets. If you’re over 21 and carry at least $10,000 in medical coverage, legally, you don’t have to wear one. But here’s the problem, just because something is legal doesn’t mean it’s smart or safe. We’ve seen riders walk away from high speed crashes because they were fully geared up, helmet, jacket, gloves, Kevlar, jeans. Without that gear, that same crash could have ended in brain trauma, broken bones or worse. Now let’s talk insurance. If you’re not wearing gear, especially a helmet, the insurance company will use it against you. They may try to reduce your compensation under Florida’s comparative fault rule. Basically, they’ll say, Sure, our driver hit the biker, but if they were wearing proper gear, they wouldn’t be this badly hurt. Sadly, sometimes that argument works as personal injury lawyers, we fight back against that every day. We build the case around the other driver’s negligence, because no matter what you were wearing they still had a duty to share the road responsibly, but the reality is, wearing gear helps us protect you physically and legally. If you ride gear up, it could save your life and your case. And if you’ve been hit on a bike, call us. We’ll help you fight for what’s fair, no matter what the insurance company tries to say the