Yes. Declining an ambulance does not waive a claim. It does give an adjuster a sentence they will repeat: “He rode home.”
Close the gap
Be examined promptly, and say you were in a motorcycle crash. A next-day urgent care visit is different from a three-week silence followed by a large chiropractic bill. Juries and insurers both notice the gap. So does the defense expert.
Follow the treatment that is ordered. Missing it, then claiming the injury ruined the season, is a cross-examination. If cost is the reason you are waiting, say that at intake. Coverage and medical-payments benefits sometimes exist and go unused.
Written for riders in California as general information from the Bike911 practice of A.G. Assanti & Associates, P.C. It is not advice about your facts, and it is not a substitute for counsel. Deadlines can be shorter than you think.
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