“…to teach them a lesson”. That was Dr. Christopher Thompson’s motivation for purposely injuring 2 bicyclists on July 4, 2008 on Mandeville Canyon Road in Brentwood, near Los Angeles. In November a jury convicted him of mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious injury and reckless driving causing injury. He faces 10 years [...]
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Mandeville Canyon Lessons Learned
Posted in Bicycle Laws, Safety, bikes, law enforcement, tagged bicycle bike safety assault mandeville motorist cyclist on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Bike Bill – so far…
Posted in Bicycle Laws, Bike Facilities, Safety, advocacy, bikes, commuting, tagged Side path laws, turn signals on April 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The so called “Bike Bill” made it out of the NV Assembly Transportation Committee and now moves on to the Senate Energy, Infrastructure and Transportation Committee, thanks to the efforts of Assemblyman David Bobzien.
The Nevada Bicycle Coalition authored the bill to change traffic code in 3 ways:
1. Allow a bicyclist to intermittently signal a turn [...]
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