Drivers are increasingly impaired by phone calls and texts, and cyclists will pay the price until laws change Last July, Bradley Walck was reading a text message behind the wheel…
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Rory Tomasello was, by all accounts, a talented, “intensely bright” and creative young man. An aspiring actor and playwright, Tomasello was studying philosophy at De Anza College in Cupertino while…
Law enforcement officers—at least in California—just can’t seem to be bothered with actually learning the laws they are charged with enforcing. Consider the Los Angeles Police Department, which has been…
This opinion article by Bob Mionske has been reproduced here for our media archives. To access the original article, follow the link below. The Los Angeles Times: Doctor’s prison sentence isn’t…
Dr. Christoper T. Thompson, a.k.a. “The Road Rage Doctor,” is sentenced to five years in prison for seriously injuring two cyclists in Los Angeles. By Bob Mionske Too often, cyclists…
In October, two pedestrians died in Philadelphia after being hit by errant cyclists. Now, anti-cyclist sentiment is on the rise. A NOTE: Part Two of Traffic Injustice will be the…
This news article featuring Bob Mionske has been reproduced here for our media archives. To access the original article, follow the link below. Bikeportland: Judge: Woman hit in unpainted bike…
There 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…
In a companion piece to this article, I posed this scenario: Imagine you’re driving your car on a road with multiple lanes. You’re in the right lane, and for some…
Imagine you’re driving your car on a road with multiple lanes. You’re in the right lane, and for some reason, the lane to the left of you backs up, and…