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ROAD RIGHTS BY BOB MIONSKE
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A NOTE: Part Two of Traffic Injustice will be the next post on the Roa...Road Rights- Crunch!Tuesday, December 15, 2009There is—or was—a bike on your roof rack. Will your insurance cover it? By Bob Mionske You enter your driveway and hit the garage-door remote, then hear the crash. After a nanosecond of ...Road Rights- Traffic InjusticeWednesday, November 18, 2009This is the First of a Two Part Story By Bob Mionske Susanne Kibler-Hacker, 42, a highly-experienced cyclist, is the coordinator for New Hampshire’s ride-to-work days at her office. The mornin...Road Rights- Justice Served?Thursday, November 05, 2009A road-raging doctor in Los Angeles received a guilty conviction this week, but will that effect cyclists in the long run? By Bob Mionske It was the road rage incident heard ‘round the cycling...Road Rights- See and Be SeenFriday, October 30, 2009Light and reflector laws—and why you may want to do more than the law requires With night falling earlier and the sun rising later, many of us will do at least some riding in the dark. In Cali...Road Rights- License to RideMonday, October 12, 2009By Bob Mionske The transition from summer to autumn has been a tough time for Toronto cyclists this year. On August 31, bike courier Darcy Allan Sheppard was run down by a driver in what was apparent...Road Rights- Turning PointsMonday, October 05, 2009Cyclists are required to signal turns just as drivers are—or, rather, should. Specific turn laws vary by state, but the Uniform Vehicle Code (the UVC is a suggested set of traffic laws for state...Road Rights- When Worlds CollideWednesday, September 16, 2009A swift public relations campaign couldn’t save a successful Canadian lawyer from the fact that he ran down and killed a bike messenger. By Bob Mionske He was Metis, one of the officially reco...Road Rights- Making Better LawsTuesday, September 01, 2009Laws that don’t help anyone usually go unheeded. But a smart one, in Idaho, could provide a nationwide model. By Bob Mionske In the polarized world of cyclist-motorist interactions, one sore p...Road Rights- Where You BelongMonday, August 31, 2009Cyclists have a right to the road, but where we should be on that road depends on state law and conditions. Generally there are bicycle-specific statutes requiring us to ride as close to the right as ...Road Rights- More On Stop as YieldFriday, July 31, 2009We talked with the experts on the front lines of bicycle advocacy. Here’s what they have to say about getting an Idaho-style stop as yield law passed in your state. By Bob Mionske Andy Clarke,...Road Rights- How Should You Respond to Road Rage?Thursday, July 30, 2009This is the second of a two-part post about Road Rage. In the first part Bob Mionske explained road rage from a legal perspective. In Part II, below, Bob suggests how to handle it. By Bob Mionske So...Road Rights- A Stop-Sign Solution?Tuesday, July 28, 2009Idaho’s stop-as-yield statute lets you ride safely and efficiently—without breaking the law. For 26 years, cyclists in Idaho have rolled through stop signs—legally. According to tha...Road Rights- What is Road Rage?Thursday, July 23, 2009This is the first of a two-part section on Road Rage. In this first part Bob Mionske explains road rage from a legal perspective - what it is, legally as well as psychologically, and how it affects cy...Road Rights- When Tempers FlareTuesday, July 14, 2009Five cyclists were on a country road when an SUV approached from behind. The driver blasted his horn as he buzzed the group. After he passed, one of the cyclists motioned for the driver to come back; ...Road Rights- Yielding To LifeFriday, July 10, 2009By Bob Mionske There are a lot of good reasons to ride a bike—among them, it’s good for your health, it’s good for your pocketbook and it’s good for the environment. In fact, ...Road Rights- False ProtectionThursday, July 02, 2009Is a law to protect cyclists rendered useless when it’s not enforced? By Bob Mionske In July of 2000, Brian Brown, then the director of the Campus Recreation Program at the University of Tenne...Road Rights- Why We Need Cycling insuranceMonday, June 22, 2009By Bob Mionske In 1898, Dr. Truman J. Martin of Buffalo, New York paid $11.25 for an insurance policy that provided him with up to $10,000 of liability coverage (about $250,000 in inflation-adjusted ...Road Rights- Are You Covered?Wednesday, June 17, 2009Most cyclists’ greatest fear is colliding with a car. The danger is not as common as we might believe: Only 28.7 percent of cycling accidents involve an automobile, according to a Federal Highwa...Road Rights- Cycling: A rIght, or a privilege?Tuesday, June 02, 2009By Bob Mionske Before I jump into this column, I’d like you to hear from a concerned fellow attorney, Jeffrey Lynne, who recently wrote to me and Loren Mooney, editor-in-chief of Bicycling. Lyn...Road Rights- First, There was the BicycleMonday, May 11, 2009Even before there were cars, traffic laws applied to cyclists. In most states, a bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle, and the law specifies that cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities...Road Rights- When the Cop Says StopWednesday, April 22, 2009Yes, even the police are wrong sometimes. By Bob Mionske A few months ago, I received a phone call from a cyclist with an incredible story about an incident in Lawrence County, Ohio. Because the cyc...Road Rights- Mixed SignalsThursday, April 09, 2009So many cyclists seem to think that it’s not worth the effort to come to a stop at signs and signals. I’m tired of seeing it, but they all say that it’s safer and easier to ride thro...Road Rights- The Commuter Tax BenefitThursday, March 19, 2009By Bob Mionske Eight years ago, representative Earl Blumenauer had an idea—if the law allows employers to offer tax-free fringe benefits to subsidize their employees who commute by car, or by t... |
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