Kevin Connell was from Miramichi, the largest city in Northern New Brunswick, with a population of just over 18,000 residents. The youngest of six children, he had grown to a…
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This past week, it’s been a beautiful autumn here in the Pacific Northwest, with blue skies and sunny days reminding us of autumns past. Two years ago yesterday, our idyllic…
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…
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…
“Cyclist At Fault In Crash With Car” That was the headline of a minor article on the “Cops and Courts” page of the Santa Cruz Sentinel recently. It was also…
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…
In Bicycling & the Law, one of the issues Bob addressed under the rubric of anti-cyclist bias was police bias against cyclists. Anti-cyclist bias within law enforcement manifests in several…
This news article featuring Bob Mionske has been reproduced here for our media archives. To access the original article, follow the link below. The Toronto Star: Bryant and bike courier a…
This news article featuring Rick Bernardi has been reproduced here for our media archives. by Sarah Goodyear on September 17, 2009 On Bicyclelaw.com yesterday, there was a terrible story out…
A swift public relations campaign couldn’t save a successful Canadian lawyer from the fact that he ran down and killed a bike messenger. By Bob Mionske He was Metis, one…