
When the Beatles were in the studio recording what has gone down in music history as “the most important rock & roll album ever made,” Paul McCartney, working on one of his songs, sang “it’s getting better all …
When the Beatles were in the studio recording what has gone down in music history as “the most important rock & roll album ever made,” Paul McCartney, working on one of his songs, sang “it’s getting better all …
“3 feet to pass” is the law in California now. “3 foot laws” are a good idea—but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be improved. Here are 5 ways that 3 foot laws can be improved:
1. Eliminate exceptions …
Today, California’s new “3 Foot Passing law” takes effect, and is finally the law in the state. It’s been a long time coming—two previous attempts to pass the law met a fateful end at the tip of Governor Brown’s …
Bike Law Bryan reports on getting one step closer to including bicycling rights in Drivers’ Education.
By Bryan Waldman, Bike Law Michigan
As a bicycle accident lawyer in Michigan, I am thrilled to report that HB 5438, passed unanimously …
By Brian Weiss, Bike Law Colorado
We got lots of complaints about the cycling “techniques” of students around college campuses. Here’s a group of students wanting to learn to commute safely and to teach others how to do so.
Bike …
By Rick Bernardi. J.D.
Can a bicyclist pass on the right?
This is a question that we’ve come across more than once, most recently in a crash that happened in California. As the cyclist explained,
…I was doored by
Three years ago, a popular and well-known member of Chattanooga’s cycling community was buzzed by a driver who claims he never saw the cyclist, even though the cyclist was, according to friends, “lit up like a Christmas tree,” and was …
Three feet to pass. Increasingly, it’s becoming the standard for the minimum distance at which motorists should pass cyclists—and increasingly, it’s becoming the law. When a state passes a “3 foot law,” the existing legal requirement to pass at …
Earlier this year, we received a call from a cyclist in Huntington, West Virginia. That cyclist, a man named Tony Patrick, had a hair-raising story to tell about his encounter with a Sheriff’s Deputy across the Ohio River in Chesapeake, …