By Paul Andrews, BI editor on June 5, 2010
The perfect murder is to run down a cyclist, except in certain instances.
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged danbury police officer donald hassiak, donald hassiak, Rider Down
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 27, 2010
A subtle but ingrained bias against cyclists governs how police, the justice system and media treat car-bike accidents.
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged biker down, darcy allan sheppard, ottowa michael bryant, Rider Down
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on May 15, 2010
Mystery surrounds a pickup-cyclist tragedy, but at least the rider’s version will get told.
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged biker down, quebec bicycle pickup accident, Rider Down
By BikeIntelligencer staff on April 4, 2010
A peloton of cycling links from round the world …
Posted in News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bicycle accident insurance, bicycle sundays, bike library, bikehugger, bikingbis, cascade bicycle club, ecovelo, imba, ipad, Marin mountain biking, mobile blogging, seattlelikesbikes, sfstreetsblog
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 9, 2010
No. 1 reason not to license bicycles: It flat out doesn’t work . . .
Posted in Legislation, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged bicycle licensing, electric bicycle, kim baenisch, loop charge e-bike, marin county bicycle coalition, seattlelikesbikes, wes castro
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 4, 2010
Why didn’t an S.F. Muni bus stop after colliding with someone?
Posted in Rider Down | Tagged bicycle accident, S.F. Muni bicycle accident
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 3, 2010
Sometimes they bunch together by the handful. The past week has certainly borne that out. We were mildly annoyed at the Bellingham police flak who suggested, after a rider was struck by a car making a left turn in front of him, that cyclists wear bright clothing and be careful out there to avoid being [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Rider Down | Tagged cycling deaths, cycling safety, cyclist killed
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 1, 2010
So we have a question here. Exactly how cautious does a cyclist have to be to prevent a driver from turning left in front of him or her? We almost got run down today in Aptos in that very scenario, so we’d like, really, we’d love to know. You wonder if this cop would tell [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Lance's Chances, News Cycle, Rider Down | Tagged e-bikes, electric bikes, lance armstrong, pinarello dogma, tour de france 2010
