Duty of Utmost Care for Passengers

Due to the worsening traffic congestion especially in California streets and highways, a lot of people are turning more and more to public transport as their central means of transportation.

People are now learning to be more economical. Instead of spending a lot in gasoline and car maintenance, they turn to rapid transit and public transportation to reach their destinations. Actually, public transport is less stressful since you are just sitting down waiting to arrive at your destination instead of stuck in traffic waiting for the snail paced traffic to move.

Unfortunately, California bus accidents are also increasing in number. There are different causes of a bus accident from bus driver negligence, negligence of other motorists or pedestrian, poor maintenance of buses and defective products to weather and road conditions.

A public or private transport owes you, its passenger, the duty of utmost care to make sure that you are made safe and secure from the time that you get in the public transport until you are delivered to your destinations. This duty of care is higher than the bus company’s duty to other motorists or pedestrians.

Hence, if you are injured as a result of a bus accident, you have a big chance that you are entitled to damages. Unless, the bus company can prove that they did everything to prevent or avoid the accident, then you have a great chance of claiming just and reasonable compensation for your injuries and damages.