Posted: Fri, Feb 8th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Attack of the abominable snow (plow) manDear Readers,
Posted: Fri, Feb 1st
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: More insurance questionsBob,
Posted: Thu, Jan 17th
Legally Speaking - Insurance for your bikeDear Readers, Two weeks ago, we received a letter to the editor from Darin Baer asking about the availability of insurance for expensive bikes. We received several letters in response, including one asking about protection for the rider. We figured all of it might ...
Posted: Sat, Jan 12th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Red light, green lightDear Readers,
Posted: Fri, Jan 4th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Riders' responsibilitiesDear Readers, A few weeks back, we had a letter from E.W. concerning a group ride that consistently gets caught in the intersection on a short-cycle traffic light (See "One single (group) ride or a ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 27th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: When to stop; when to goDear Readers,A couple of weeks ago, we had a question from J.C., who asked what the law requires when a club is riding through an intersection and the light changes (see "One single group (ride), or a ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 20th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Look! It's a bike; it's a pedestrian; it's a...Dear Readers,
Posted: Thu, Dec 6th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: One single group (ride) or a collection of individuals?Dear Bob,Here’s a question for ya. I was wondering what the law is as far as in a group ride while crossing a street if the light changes to yellow then red with cyclists still in the street crossing: What is the law as far as a whole group crossing?
Are the riders required ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 29th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Traffic activismDear Readers,In my lastcolumn, I promised a report on the “WeAre All Traffic” rally in Portland. To recap a bit, in Bicycling& the Law, I wrote that "gaining the right to the road was thecycling cause of the late nineteenth century; securing that right willbe the cause of ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 15th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: The risk of the roadDear Readers;When I wrote Bicycling& the Law, one of my main goals was to tackle the problem of anti-cyclistbias. As I discussed in "Bicycling & the Law," there is an institutionalizedsocial bias against cyclists, which is manifested in a road infrastructurethat ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 8th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: A fatal bias?Dear Bob,Thank you for penning the column. I read with interest your notes on cycling deaths notes on cycling deaths . You raise an interesting point: many cycling deaths result in no criminal legal accountability. I think we all know cyclist who have died on the road. In every ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 25th
Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: The lawful (?) orderDear Readers;It’s been a beautiful autumn here lately; blue skies, sunny days, the leaves turning beautiful hues of yellow, orange, and red before falling. The leaves haven’t been alone in falling this autumn. In the past few weeks, we’ve lost too many cyclists to ...
