If a Florida bicyclist is injured in a crash with a motor vehicle, like a car or truck, what are their options to get the medical bills paid? Thankfully in Florida, bicyclists actually have a few options.
In response to the growing coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez signed Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 07-20, which ordered the closing of all non-essential retail and commercial establishments.
Every Martin Luther King Jr. Day I stop for a few minutes and re-read his Letter from Birmingham Jail. I like to reflect on MLK’s passion, his ideas and beliefs, and his conviction for the protection and expansion of civil rights for all. Once I came across the picture below of MLK riding his bike in a suit, with his briefcase attached and seemingly going to work, and I began to think of how the bicycle movement relates to the cause for civil rights.
The 2019 Florida Legislative Session begins on March 5, 2019, and from now until the end of session I’ll be posting updates and information on the status of bills that may effect bicyclists. In these updates there will be links to the information on the bills that I have previously written about and links to the text of the bills themselves, as well as the web sites for the sponsors and committees the bills are in front of.
I was out for a ride the other day and came across a confusing and dangerous section of road that isn’t uncommon here in South Florida. This time it wasn’t because of the drivers. It was due to the road design.
What was supposed to make driving safer appears to have the opposite effect. Technologies like adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping assist could be giving drivers a false sense of security and causing them to reduce their concentration while driving.
At the start of the year, there were three bills in the Florida Legislature that sought to address a glaring problem: police could not stop a driver using a cell phone to text or otherwise while driving. The ban is only a secondary offense under the current law, and police could only issue a citation if there is some other reason for the stop.
After a 2018 full of tragedy for cyclists and pedestrians, 2019 begins with hope that Florida’s laws will finally catch up with other states regarding distracted driving. This year begins with three bills filed in the Florida Legislature seeking to tackle the toothless law already in place that bans texting while driving.
Time and again, I hear people ask me why cyclists are in the road and if they are even allowed to ride there. I’ve personally had many yell at me while riding telling me to get out of the road. So, what are the rules of the road when it comes to cyclists?
It’s been a little over 24 hours since a car plowed through a group of 15 cyclists from Cycling Family Broward in Davie, Florida. One cyclist, wife and mother of two Denise Marsh, was killed. As of the time of writing this, another 6 cyclists are injured with one in critical condition. To say the South Florida cycling community is devastated is an understatement.
Colorado joined Idaho and Delaware in passing legislation that would allow cyclists the option of making an “Idaho Stop” at intersections. But what’s an “Idaho Stop?”
Virginia Tech’s Helmet Lab just recently released its first set of safety ratings for bicycle helmets, and everyone should go take a look. Riders are constantly vigilant in looking out for their safety, so it’s surprising that it took this long to get a comprehensive look at what helmets are safe and why.
