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Tag Archives: Bicycle Laws
Misinterpreting Statistics To Show Cyclists As Causing More Bike-Car Crashes Than Drivers
Yet again, the passage of a 3 foot passing law, designed to protect cyclists as drivers pass them, sparked a debate. This time, the debate ensued in San Diego, California. The argument was over sharing the road, not surprising given … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Cycling Views, Bicycle Laws, Bicyclst Versus Car Crash Statistics, Blaming Cyclists For Causing Vehicle Crashes, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles
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Cyclist Drivers Running Interference For Cyclist Bikers
Driving is very different when you ride a bike in addition to driving a car. This dual identity allows you to see the road not only as a driver, but as a cyclist. Both perspectives often come into play, simultaneously, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cycling Safety, Cyclist Rights, Determing Which Vehicle Has The Right Of Way, Drivers Protecting Cyclists, Traffic Laws
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Law Enforcement And The Prevention Of Traffic Deaths
A few years ago, I had a run-in with a car while riding my bike. I was riding along the right-hand side of a main road when a car entering the road ran a stop sign and slammed into my … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Bicycling Advocacy, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cycling Safety, Traffic Deaths, Traffic Laws
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Two Older Guys Riding Side-By-Side On A Narrow Suburban Road
It may seem as if the title of this post says it all, but there is more to this story than meets the eye. We’ve all seen cyclists riding two or more abreast. Riding two abreast is legal in … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cyclist Rights, Cyclists Riding Two Abreast, Taking The Lane, Traffic Laws
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Must People Die For Existing Laws To Be Reevaluated?
Recently, I wrote about the senseless death of two cyclists who were on an annual group ride in New Hampshire. These cyclists were killed when an unlicensed driver took her eyes off the road, crossed into the opposing traffic lane … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Dangerous Driving, Motorist Kills Cyclist, Traffic Laws
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Bending The Law To Fit One’s Desires
Some of my posts generate interesting discussions in the comment sections. At times, readers misunderstand what I wrote. Other times they express a different opinion. In both cases, the ensuing discussions can raise issues that are deserving of further … Continue reading
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Tagged Biased Grand Jurors, Bicycle Laws, Clinging Tenaciously To One's Beliefs, Traffic Laws
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The True Meaning Of Bicycle Exceptions
Traffic signs should be self-explanatory. Their text and symbols should be patently obvious. Interpretation should be out of the question — or so I thought until I stumbled upon a strange bicycle oriented sign bearing a message I’d never … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Cyclist Rights, Making Exceptions For Cyclists, Traffic Laws
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Waiting Is Part Of Sharing The Road
All one has to do is drive in and around a major city to see that bicycling is taking off in America. Some places have more cyclists than others, and cities vary in how much they’ve invested in bicycling … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Bike Lanes, Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cyclist Rights, Traffic Laws
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Road Paint Parading As Protection
Since the mid-2000’s, sharrows — a chevron-and-bike logo painted on a road lane indicating that the lane must be shared by cars and bicycles — have become familiar markings on urban American roads. Unbeknownst to people other than activists … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle Laws, Bicycling Advocacy, Bike Lanes, Cycling Safety, Cyclist Rights, Sharing The Road, Sharrows
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A Hint of Justice
Justice is an elusive concept, fraught with emotion, intuition and idealism. It exemplifies all that is good in humankind, while in the face of evil, it represents a longing for who we want to be. Within the context of a … Continue reading
