A cyclist was out riding with his friends when he got caught up in a tragic car accident in California. One friend noticed that traffic began stopping, looked back to see where he was and realized they were no longer riding together. It turned out that his friend had...
Bicycle Injury Law And
Advocacy Is What We Do
Month: December 2019
Cyclists need to know how to deal with road rage
Ride your bike long enough, and you're going to encounter road rage. It's just a sad reality in modern times. Some drivers do not like cyclists. They feel like the two groups — cyclists and drivers — are opposed to one another. It's a flawed position, of course. We're...
Should we think bigger than making new bike lanes?
If you drive by a work crew building a new bike lane, expanding the road and putting in that safe space for cyclists, do you think about why it's happening? Do you consider why that street is getting the new lane?A lot of the time, it's just because someone already...
Why is it more dangerous to ride your bike on a sidewalk?
When cyclists feel nervous around cars, they often decide to ride on the sidewalk. They don't contemplate whether it is legal or not. They just feel like the sidewalk separates them from cars and keeps them safe, so that's where they go. This feeling of safety is a...