Motorcycle Accident Lawyers in Aventura, Florida

The William Lehman Causeway is one of the more popular local rides in this part of South Florida — open water views, a long elevated span, and enough distance to get up to speed. That same openness works against riders at certain times of day, when low sun over the water creates glare that makes a motorcycle harder for other drivers to pick out, especially heading east in the morning or west in the evening.

Closer to the mall and along Biscayne Boulevard, the risk looks different. Heavy retail and valet traffic means a lot of turning and lane-changing in a short stretch of road, and left-turn crashes — a driver turning across the boulevard without seeing an oncoming motorcycle — are one of the more common patterns we see from this part of the city. Riders navigating condo tower porte-cocheres and mall parking structures also share tight space with valet staff and pedestrians, where a car pulling out without checking a mirror can catch a motorcycle in a blind spot.

South Florida’s afternoon storms are their own hazard. Rain that a car barely notices can leave a motorcycle without traction, particularly on the causeway’s elevated sections and painted lane markings, which get slicker than plain asphalt when wet. And because Aventura draws seasonal residents and visitors unfamiliar with the area, some of the drivers involved in these crashes are still learning the roads themselves.