By Bob Mionke
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske – Blaming the victim
Published Apr. 10, 2008 on VeloNews
Bob,
Thank you for an outstanding article on the facts and media bias in the fatal Cupertino accident. I wanted to …
By Bob Mionske
Bob,
After reading your most recent “Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske – Mo’ Birdman Fo’ Y’all” and the earlier “birdman case,” it occurs to me that, as a daily bike commuter and one …
Bob,
I was talking to a cycling friend today and telling him how my riding had been going and happened to mention an incident I was in while riding a couple of weeks ago. He laughed and said he was …
By Bob Mionske
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske- Questions about the Cupertino crash …
Published Mar. 19, 2008
Dear Readers;
Tragedy struck the San Francisco Bay Area cycling community last week in a collision that killed two cyclists, and …
Dear Readers,
The subject of group rides and traffic signals just keeps rolling along. Several weeks ago, we had a letter concerning a group ride that always seems to get caught in the intersection on a short-cycle traffic light (See …
Dear Readers,
A few weeks back, we had a letter from E.W. concerning a group ride that consistently gets caught in the intersection on a short-cycle traffic light (See “One single (group) ride or a collection of individuals?” ). The …
Dear Bob,
Here’s a question for ya. I was wondering what the law is as far as in a group ride while crossing a street if the light changes to yellow then red with cyclists still in the street crossing: …
Dear Bob,
Thank you for penning the column. I read with interest your notes on cycling deaths. You raise an interesting point: many cycling deaths result in no criminal legal accountability. I think we all know cyclist who have …
Dear Readers;
It’s been a beautiful autumn here lately; blue skies, sunny days, the leaves turning beautiful hues of yellow, orange, and red before falling. The leaves haven’t been alone in falling this autumn. In the past few weeks, we’ve …
Dear Readers,
In Deliverance of the bird man, a reader wrote in to ask about an incident in which his group ride was buzzed, and in response, the ride leader flipped the offending driver “the bird.”
As you may …
