Five cyclists were on a country road when an SUV approached from behind. The driver blasted his horn as he buzzed the group. After he passed, one of the cyclists…
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By Bob Mionske There are a lot of good reasons to ride a bike—among them, it’s good for your health, it’s good for your pocketbook and it’s good for the…
Is a law to protect cyclists rendered useless when it’s not enforced? By Bob Mionske In July of 2000, Brian Brown, then the director of the Campus Recreation Program at…
By Bob Mionske In 1898, Dr. Truman J. Martin of Buffalo, New York paid $11.25 for an insurance policy that provided him with up to $10,000 of liability coverage (about…
Most cyclists’ greatest fear is colliding with a car. The danger is not as common as we might believe: Only 28.7 percent of cycling accidents involve an automobile, according to…
By Bob Mionske Before I jump into this column, I’d like you to hear from a concerned fellow attorney, Jeffrey Lynne, who recently wrote to me and Loren Mooney, editor-in-chief…
If you are injured while on a club ride, have you assumed the risk of your injury? This is the question a New York appellate court addressed recently. As Bob…
2008 was a good year for cyclists in Portland, Oregon. The number of cyclists increased, while the number of cyclists injured in traffic decreased. Even better, there were no cycling…
A few months ago, Bob received a call from a call from a cyclist in West Virginia. The cyclist—Tony Patrick—had an amazing story to tell; while out on a training…
Even before there were cars, traffic laws applied to cyclists. In most states, a bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle, and the law specifies that cyclists have the same…