Road Rights – Avoid The Door Zone
How to ride safely—and legally—around parked cars By Bob Mionske One of the most common types of car-bike collisions occurs when a stopped motorist suddenly opens a door into the path of an approaching...
View ArticleRoad Rights – Ticket Talk, Part 2
So you just got a ticket while riding your bike. Now what do you do? Should you fight the ticket? Or should you just pay it and move on? The answer to that depends on a number of factors. Were you...
View ArticleRoad Rights – Ticket Talk, Part 3
In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, I discussed some issues to think about if you get a traffic ticket while riding your bike. Now let’s talk about your best course of action. If you decide not to...
View ArticleRoad Rights – Help From Our Friends
How to talk bike safety with those who don’t ride (yet) By Bob Mionske Have I ever mentioned my Uncle Leo? He doesn’t ride, and he writes me off as one of those weirdos in spandex. We all have someone...
View ArticleRoad Rights – A Big Fish That Got Away
Katelin Richardson had just graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts, and was staying to pursue a doctorate in physical therapy. But first, Kate, an athletic young woman who played soccer in...
View ArticleRoad Rights – Class Dismissed
If you get a ticket while riding, here’s how to wipe your record clean By: Bob Mionske Whether you’re in a car or on a bike, the flash of police lights behind you is never a good sign. A traffic...
View ArticleRoad Rights – There’s Another Way
In the US and the Netherlands, two children on bikes are struck by cars—and the responses couldn’t be more different By Bob Mionske The driver who hit Burgess Hu never saw him. She was making a right...
View ArticleRoad Rights – No Crime, No Punishment
Why do dangerous drivers receive more protection from the law than their victims do? By Bob Mionske When a dangerous driver injures somebody, or takes another person’s life, we pretend that it’s...
View ArticleRoad Rights- Not So Slow
A common misconception about cyclists is that we are in the way of drivers. In fact, motorists often underestimate just how quickly a bike can travel—a mistake that can result in right-of-way...
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Road Rights – Taking On The Bullies
Cheryl, a former client of mine, was riding one of her regular routes, one she had ridden probably hundreds of times before. The only thing on her mind was whether she should get some climbing in, or...
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