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Bike Law and laws are everywhere: First of all, every state has different bicycling laws, and within each state, some laws may vary from county to county.

Ann Groninger of Bike Law NC & Jeff Viscount of Weekly Rides have become regulars on the TotalCyclist Podcast. Click through to give a listen to their episodes!

Yesterday, Bike Law Cycle Club members Julia Engle and Garet Johnson joined the first leg of CMPD’s Annual Law Enforcement Bicycle Ride to Washington D.C.

A celebrated annual event in Charlotte is the Mayor’s Ride that kicks off a week of bicycling events around Charlotte, NC. This morning Bike Law North Carolina helped kick off the ride in style.

4 years ago, Julia Engel founded Bike LUCK, a charity road event in Charlotte, to raise money for a 501c3 non-profit, Camp LUCK. Learn more about Camp LUCK and join the ride April 29th!

It never fails. I’m trying to ride my bike to work through my neighborhood and these packs of cars always get in the way. Should cars be allowed on neighborhood streets?

Join Bike Law North Carolina at the first BikeWalk NC Lobby Day in Raleigh to meet legislators and fellow bicycling advocates on April 5th, 2017.

Well, road rage has again reared its ugly head near Charlotte, North Carolina. This time no one was hurt, but the behavior was life threatening, photos were taken, and the social media story went viral. As a bike crash attorney in Charlotte, and as a member of the Bike Law national network, I deal with […]

On July 12, House Bill 959 was signed into law and it changes a few things for bicyclists. What effect, if any, will these changes have on bicycle safety? A little background, if you haven’t been following along. Last summer, the Legislature passed HB 232 and set up a working group to study North Carolina […]

At Bike Law, we know too well that drivers are often not seriously charged for injuring cyclists in crashes. But in more and more of our cases, they are.  Here’s a recent example from North Carolina in which the police correctly upped the charges from misdemeanor to felony.  Thanks to the growing number of police […]

As most of you know, Mike Dayton and three other cyclists were run down on a North Carolina road on Saturday, February 20th.  Mike is Bike Law’s webmaster and blogger, and if you read these pages, you are familiar with his wit, passion for cycling, and mastery of the topic.  Mike is better known as […]

There’s a lot of exciting bike racing going on this week in at Cyclocross Nationals in Asheville, North Carolina. We’ll have some reports on that. In the meantime, another exciting competition took place last night – the Mechanics National Championships, held at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Charlotte, North Carolina’s own Tim Anderson took away a […]