bikelaw bike lawyers & bike accident attorneys
Fresh news of bikelaw cases and talk of new bicycling laws and trends - in the Carolinas and wherever cyclists ride.
RSS Twitter Flickr Facebook

Category Archives: Uncategorized

07
Feb

mybikelaw at CABA’s annual meeting

Comments: 0 | Category:

Mybikelaw participated Saturday in an energetic and productive annual meeting for CABA, the Charlotte Area Bicycle Alliance, featuring as speakers Mayor Anthony Foxx and Jeff Miller from the Alliance for Biking and Walking. Over the coming year, mybikelaw will work with CABA and other groups statewide in monitoring and addressing legislative developments affecting cyclists (as [...]

CONTINUE READING
08
Nov

Colorado Madness

Comments: 1 | Category:

The DA’s decision in Colorado not to charge driver with felony hit-and-run is total BS. This is the nonsense that we constantly face. Unreal. Sad. Pathetic.

CONTINUE READING
06
Oct

Great letter to the editor by Vince Graham

Comments: 0 | Category:

Anti-urban sentiment harmful Can urban life be improved by suburbanizing it? An editor of The Post and Courier seems to think so. The paper’s lead editorial on Sept. 15 titled “Unrestricted dwellings unwise” implied “reasonable standards that make a city livable” include minimum parking requirements, zoning and limits on density. For too long the City [...]

CONTINUE READING
11
Aug

Asheville jury latches onto contrib law

Comments: 1 | Category:

For all victories, there must come some defeats. Very disappointing result yesterday in Asheville in a car/bicycle crash trial. Jurors told us they sympathized with the driver, who pulled out of a parking lot right in front of the cyclist, because “it’s so hard to see cyclists.” In the end they found the driver negligent, [...]

CONTINUE READING
09
Aug

South Carolina Bicycle Laws

Comments: 7 | Category:

I am often asked for the text of the South Carolina bicycle laws.  I have been reluctant to post them on my site, because sometimes they cause more confusion than clarity.  But, anyway, here they are (current as of 8/10).  Please call me with questions: SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS SECTION 56-5-3410. Applicability of article [...]

CONTINUE READING
27
Jul

Edwin Ride

Comments: 0 | Category:

RIDE IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE & VISION OF EDWIN GARDNER A Short Bicycle Ride Around Downtown Charleston Saturday, July 31st @ 9 a.m. Start/Finish Cannon Park (Calhoun Street between Ashley and Rutledge) We invite folks of all ages, and not just those in cycling groups, to ride together to celebrate Edwin and his vision [...]

CONTINUE READING
26
May

Bike lanes in Charleston (and everywhere else)

Comments: 0 | Category:

This is a good news story from our press conference about the needs for bike lanes in Charleston.  SCDOT has so far refused to stripe the lanes, despite requests from 2000 citizens, the City of Charleston, and the County!  What does it take to get decent accommodation?  SCDOT is pitiful.  Channel 4 Coverage

CONTINUE READING
30
Apr

Happy Bike Month!

Comments: 0 | Category:

Take a look at the Bike Month calendar for Charleston.  Lots happening!  Bike Month Calendar

CONTINUE READING
31
Mar

Free Webinar Today

Comments: 0 | Category:

Ann will be attending “Writing Women Back into Bicycling: Changing Transportation Culture to Encourage More Women to Cycle” this afternoon.  See: http://www.apbp.org/event/women_in_cycling.

CONTINUE READING
25
Mar

Petition! It’s advocacy time.

Comments: 0 | Category:

Tom Bradford is spearheading this effort in Charleston to gain bike lanes on Maybank Highway. We need 5000 signatures on Mayor Riley’s desk by Monday so please do your part and sign the petition and pass it along! http://www.bikecharleston.org/advocacy.html

CONTINUE READING