{"id":7056,"date":"2011-05-09T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T13:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2011-05-09T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T13:24:49","slug":"bus-accident-whiplash-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2011\/05\/09\/bus-accident-whiplash-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Accident Whiplash Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"When you\u2019re in charge of around 10 tonnes worth of metal, seats, and engine, you\u2019d like to think that the driver of the bus you\u2019re in has the passenger\u2019s health and safety at the forefront of their mind. Sadly, this is not always the case<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I am in no way slating all bus drivers \u2013 but even when I was learning to drive I was warned about taking extra care around them as the drivers can, on occasions, be a little unpredictable. In all honesty, we have taken on a huge number of claims involving buses<\/em><\/strong> that we have successfully won thousands of pounds in compensation<\/a> for our clients.<\/p>\n

So \u2013 did it come as any surprise when I myself ended up in a bus incident? <\/em><\/strong>Not particularly…
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I have been advising our clients for years about the symptoms they can expect from whiplash injuries<\/a>. Now, I can truly tell them what it feels like! The driver of the bus I was seated in unfortunately appeared to have a momentary lapse in concentration, where he only noticed the lights on red at a busy 40mph junction at last minute<\/em><\/strong>. The brakes must have been fully slammed on during the 3 \u2013 4 seconds it took for the bus to violently jerk to a halt<\/em><\/strong> – inches from the edge of the traffic junction line.<\/p>\n

In these instances, bus companies will often try and defend the claim if they can allege that another driver pulled out in front of them, or a pedestrian walked out in front of them, leaving them no choice but to perform an emergency stop. In my case \u2013 there were no other vehicles, and no other pedestrians<\/em><\/strong>. The drivers\u2019 concentration (I assume) slipped for an instant, and he is at fault.<\/p>\n

Almost one week on, and I\u2019m feeling the effects \u2013 so anyone reading this with a whiplash injury<\/a>, I can genuinely sympathise with you! As with the majority of whiplash injuries, my pain came on the following day when I woke up with a sore neck, back, and right shoulder<\/em><\/strong>. The pain has since radiated down in to my back<\/em><\/strong>, which is pretty agonising when riding in a car, or sitting at my desk<\/em><\/strong> in my office chair.<\/p>\n

Whiplash is, as I have advised countless accident victims, an unpredictable and difficult injury<\/em><\/strong> to assess.<\/p>\n