Over the last two decades Bob Mionske has written the well-received Legally Speaking column for VeloNews, providing insight into legal issues affecting cyclists. His past efforts are catalogued below.
Bob Mionske explains why cyclists need to stay politically active — both to promote good laws and oppose bad ones. When it comes to bicycle laws, not every idea is a good…
If you come to an empty intersection while riding, no vehicles or pedestrians in sight, do you make a complete stop and do a track stand for the audience of passing…
Pro rider Ellen Watters died tragically last December, but her legacy may be safer cycling for Canadians with 1-meter to pass laws. “If I had to die for the roads…
The glare caused by a setting or rising sun can blind you or drivers on the road. Here’s what you should know about this hazard. Roadies are used to hardship;…
“I was riding one day, and police were out in the town of Hygiene, Colorado ticketing cyclists that didn’t come to a complete stop at an intersection. They ticketed some…
Jason, a 41-year-old husband and father of two young boys, was riding lead. His father-in-law and two friends were behind. As they approached a T-intersection, Jason signaled and began to…
As the peloton rolled out of Limoges in the fifth stage of this year’s Tour, the teams and riders were focused on the challenge they faced. And they had to…
Cyclists in Louisiana won’t be receiving legal protection as “Vulnerable Road Users” (VRU) anytime soon, after a vulnerable user bill was shot down in the Louisiana legislature last week. Headlining…
A still from the dash cam footage used in a trial of a Michigan rider who had been wrongly cited for impeding traffic. On a wet, humid Sunday morning last…
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” – George Orwell, “1984” Think of a recent story about a rider or group of cyclists who were injured in…
