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Dec 12 2016
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Legally Speaking: The ‘punishment pass’ and close calls

By BicycleLaw | 2016, Articles | No Comments

“I was riding one day, and police were out in the town of Hygiene, Colorado ticketing cyclists that didn’t come to a complete stop at an intersection. They ticketed some cyclists that came to a stop, but didn’t put their …

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Dec 09 2016
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Legally Speaking: When the cop gets it wrong

By BicycleLaw | 2016, Articles | No Comments

Jason, a 41-year-old husband and father of two young boys, was riding lead. His father-in-law and two friends were behind. As they approached a T-intersection, Jason signaled and began to make the left turn. That’s the moment a Toyota Tacoma …

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Dec 07 2016
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Legally Speaking: Driven to distraction

By BicycleLaw | 2016, Articles | No Comments

As the peloton rolled out of Limoges in the fifth stage of this year’s Tour, the teams and riders were focused on the challenge they faced. And they had to be — as physically prepared as the pros are, they …

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Dec 05 2016
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Legally Speaking: On Vulnerable Road User laws

By BicycleLaw | 2016, Articles | No Comments

Cyclists in Louisiana won’t be receiving legal protection as “Vulnerable Road Users” (VRU) anytime soon, after a vulnerable user bill was shot down in the Louisiana legislature last week. Headlining the opposition to the bill? State Rep. Kenny Havard, tireless …

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Dec 02 2016
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Legally Speaking: Impeding traffic?

By BicycleLaw | 2016, Articles | No Comments

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A still from the dash cam footage used in a trial of a Michigan rider who had been wrongly cited for impeding traffic.

On a wet, humid Sunday morning last August, while I puttered around his driveway on his fat …

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Nov 30 2016
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Legally Speaking: Collisions not accidents

By Bob Mionske | 2016, Articles | No Comments

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
– George Orwell, “1984”

Think of a recent story about a rider or group of cyclists who were injured in a collision with a motor vehicle. This can be someone …

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Nov 28 2016
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Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske: Group ride etiquette

By Bob Mionske | 2016, Articles | No Comments

A new year is underway and so is a new season of bike racing. For most of us, racing is still a ways away, but group rides are already heating up.

For some of us, that can present a problem. …

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Nov 23 2016
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Legally Speaking: Rolling coal is wrong — and illegal

By Bob Mionske | 2016, Articles | No Comments

The roads belong to everybody, roadies included. But some people don’t see it that way. When they see you out on the road, it pushes their tribal buttons. You’re not their “tribe,” and sometimes they feel compelled to express their …

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Nov 21 2016
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Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske: Vulnerable user laws

By Bob Mionske | 2016, Articles | No Comments

Question: What are the consequences for a driver who is paying more attention to the dial of their stereo, their coffee, a passenger, or their cell phone than they are to the roadway upon which they are traveling in their …

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Feb 05 2009
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Legally Speaking – Good Night And Good Luck

By BicycleLaw | 2009, Articles | No Comments

’The first time I saw a copy of VeloNews, it was still a newspaper. It was the early 80’s and I had just ’discovered’ the sport. A friend had an extensive collection of VeloNews, and I just pored over the …

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