Selwyn Edge was born in 1868 in the town of Concord, near Sydney, Australia. When he was three years old, his parents relocated to England. As a young boy, Selwyn was interested in bicycling and won his first bicycle race when he was nineteen years old. Later Selwyn was employed by Dunlop Tire Company as an office manager. Edge bought his first car, a De-Dion Bouton in 1896. By 1897 Selwyn had started to become interested in automobiles. In 1899 he, along with Charles Jarott and Herbert Duncan, formed De Dion-Bouton British and Colonial Ltd. to import automobiles.

Edge had also made friends with Montague Napier of Napier & Sons, as both men were avid cyclists. In 1898, Edge asked Napier to make some improvements to the Panhard car. Then in 1899, Edge and Harvey de Cros organized the Motor Vehicle Company, Ltd to sell the improved Napier cars. Unlike any other British dealer of the time, Edge recognized the value of auto racing as a marketing tool. He realized that the publicity provided by auto racing would increase sales. In this he was ahead of his time.

Edge started entering Napiers in various races. The Napier that he entered in the Automobile Club’s 1900 Thousand Miles Trial won in her class as one of thirty-five finishers out of sixty-four starters. His Napier won again in the Gordon Bennett 1902 cup race. In the meantime Edge learned that Sir Hugh Locke-King was constructing a closed circuit motor racing track at Brooklands. At that time British law imposed a strict twenty-mile speed limit on automobile drivers. Edge quickly realized the potential value of Brooklands and started to encourage Locke-King in his endeavor. He made a public commitment to drive one of his cars for twenty-four hours without stopping at 65 mph.

Edge had also hired a secretary named Dorothy Levitt who quickly picked up his enthusiasm for cars. He taught her to drive and she won several titles in Britain. When Brooklands opened, Edge came with his team of drivers as he had promised and Levitt was one of them. She was denied the opportunity to race as Brooklands would not allow female drivers on the course. However, Edge then employed her as a works driver and sent her off to Europe to promote Napier.

Edge had prepared well for his race at Brooklands. He had engaged in a program of physical training to build his personal endurance. At the same time he had equipped the Napiers to stand up to the rigors of the race He had installed a special fuel tank, a special windshield, canvas mudguards, and removed some bodywork. When the race began Edge easily made good on his promise, driving the course for 24 hours at 65 miles per hour without a rest stop. The other two drivers on the team did stop to rest. It would be thirteen years before any driver would break the record Edge set at that race.

In 1912, Edge sold his dealership to Napier and signed an agreement promising not to get involved in automobile manufacturing for seven years. At the end of this time, Edge acquired AC Cars but the company folded in 1929. After that, Edge had no further involvement with motor cars. He died in 1940.

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1. Blaming the kid on the bicycle for what the driver did wrong.

2. Squinting angrily at the police officer.

3. Being in a hurry.

4. Telling the officer where to go.

5. Telling the injured bicycle victim where to go.

6. Being unconcerned about the bicycle victim’s injuries.

7. Looking like they can afford the citation.

8. Not being a hot redhead.

9. Being dressed in a robe.

10. Having driven without their glasses.

Here are ten useful 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 bicycle accident in San Marcos, 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 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 bicycle 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 bicycle 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 bicycle 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 bicycle accident in San Marcos, San Diego, Carlsbad, Oceanside, La Jolla, Del Mar, Escondido, Chula Vista, El Cajon, Vista, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Pacific Beach, or anywhere in Southern California, we have the knowledge and resources to be your San Diego Bicycle Accident Lawyer and your San Marcos 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.

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