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This article will focus on bus accidents that could happen in Ontario. For that reason, it must offer a few details on the Better Morrow for Ontario Act.
How does the Better Morrow for Ontario Act relate to bus accidents?
That act included some facts that caught the notice of Personal Injury Lawyer in Stouffville. Those facts created new hurdles for anyone hoping to initiate a public accident lawsuit. According to that Act, a bus must crash against something, in order for anyone injured in that public transport vehicle to enjoy the right to pursue a public accident lawsuit. Moreover, the person filing the paperwork for such a lawsuit must have sustained an injury.
Possible reasons for an accident involving a public transport vehicle:
• Bus was poorly-maintained
• Driver was exhausted and unable to focus on traffic;
• Driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Questions the reader might be asking:
Couldn’t a driver under the influence of drugs or alcohol cause a bus to move in an erratic manner. Couldn’t such erratic movements make it hard for anyone standing, and planning to exit the vehicle to remain in an erect position? On the other hand, is it not possible that a few erratic movements failed to cause a crash?
The lawyers had similar questions, after studying the Better Morrow for Ontario Act. Those lawyers did not see a better future for personal injury victims.
Steps to take if you get injured while riding a bus in Ontario
Write down all the relevant information: What is the driver’s number? What is the number and name for the bus route? Where on that specific route did the incident take place? What was the time of day when the accident happened?
Take pictures of how the passengers are seated in the bus. That can be used to explain why you, the victim had not been sitting down at the time of the incident. For example, someone that needs to leave quickly and transfer to one of the city’s other buses would not want to be seated at the window, with another passenger blocking an easy exit.
Contact a lawyer, so that you enjoy the backing provided by some form of legal support. Your lawyer can seek out and speak with witnesses, other people that were on the bus the day of the incident that caused your injury. By the same token, an attorney could gather useful evidence.
Remember, according to the Better Morrow for Ontario Act, the bus’s movements must have caused it to crash into something. If that was not the case, you cannot initiate a lawsuit. An attorney can investigate and see if it did indeed hit something, even if only lightly.