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 next post on the Road Rights blog. What’s happening in …
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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 a nanosecond of surprise, you realize that you forgot that …
This 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 morning of October 15, 2009, she was riding her bike …
A 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 world —a motorist had harassed two …
Light 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 California, “darkness” is …
By 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 wasapparently a violent incident …
Cyclists 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 states) provides a standard that helps us …
Laws 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 point consistently emerges whenever drivers begin talking about cyclists—we …
Cyclists 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 practicable. “Practicable” means that, …