Washington's minimum liability limits are just 25/50/10, and with PIP optional, many riders lean on health insurance and UM/UIM. Here is why uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage is a rider's real safety net and what to look for in your policy

Washington reduces your recovery by your share of fault but never bars it, so even a mostly-at-fault rider can recover something. Here is what pure comparative negligence means for Puget Sound motorcyclists and why insurers still fight to pin blame o

Every rider and passenger in Washington must wear a DOT-approved helmet. Here is what actually makes a helmet compliant and how a novelty lid can be turned against you, even under Washington's rider-friendly pure comparative negligence rule.

Washington gives you three years to file a personal-injury lawsuit after a motorcycle crash, but exceptions and government-claim rules can shorten that window fast. Here is how the deadline works and why wet-weather evidence fades long before it runs

A step-by-step guide for Seattle and Washington riders on what to do after a crash, why documentation still drives the number under pure comparative negligence, and what never to say to the adjuster.

Hit by a driver with no insurance while riding in Seattle or across Washington? Here is how UM and UIM coverage steps in, why your bike's likely missing PIP makes it matter even more, and why your own insurer still fights you.

Hit by a driver who fled on a Seattle road? Learn the immediate steps, why traffic and business camera footage is a race against time, and how your Washington UM coverage pays after a motorcycle hit-and-run.

The dry summer is over and the rain is back to stay. For Seattle and Tacoma riders that means oil-slick first storms, greasy wet leaves, slick paint and grated bridge decks, streetcar and rail tracks turning to grease, valley fog, early dark, and col

Some Seattle corridors put riders in the hospital far more than others. I-5 through downtown and the Ship Canal Bridge, the I-405 crush, SR-99 and Aurora, the SR-520 and I-90 floating bridges, the West Seattle Bridge merges, and the steep wet hills e

By November the ride home is a night ride whether you planned it or not, and the dark stretches longer every week. In Seattle that means being seen in near-constant rain, glare off wet pavement, and at the intersections where left-turn crashes put do

The best motorcycle rides near Seattle, from Snoqualmie Pass and Chinook Pass around Mount Rainier to the North Cascades Highway, Chuckanut Drive, and the Olympic Peninsula loop, plus the hidden risks Washington riders face and why a crash here hits

What is a Washington motorcycle accident case worth? A Seattle rider's guide to damages, coverage limits, the missing PIP on your bike, and how pure comparative negligence can lower your number without ever wiping it out.

The insurance adjuster who calls after your Washington motorcycle crash is not on your side. Learn the tactics, what not to sign, and how pure comparative negligence makes every word you say cut into your recovery.