It’s a split second of distraction for a car driver who forgets you are there. This is a typical story: Person finds bicycle and body the next morning. https://www.tampabay.com/news/breaking-news/2021/09/16/bicyclist-killed-in-ruskin-hit-and-run-driver-sought-hillsborough-officials-say/ Every week I see a bicycle driver driving against the traffic either in a “bicycle lane” (either real or imagined) or just on the right side […]
Florida Bicycle Law
Bicycle Prejudice Fail. Bikes Break Traffic Laws Less Than Motorists Study Finds
Prejudice is defined by Merriam-Webster as: “a (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge.” Some prejudices we get from our parents, peer group or make up ourselves. It goes without saying that as we age as we get more experience many […]
Laws that Will Make Cycling Safer
Call your State of Florida Senator… There’s a pro-cyclist and consumer insurance bill that will get bad drivers off the road and another bill that will make motorists “move over.” The Florida House of Representatives Commerce Committee approved legislation on November 7, 2017 that would have Florida join 48 other states in requiring drivers to […]
Claiming the Place that is Yours as a Florida Bicycle Driver.
How many times you have driven on the road and you hear the rumble of a gas-powered vehicle behind you and clench your teeth for the sound of the swish of the front end or right mirror of within inches of your left handlebar. How many of you have been grazed by a right rearview […]
Who Do I See after My Injury from a Car Crash (“Accident”) or if I Fell?
As a personal injury lawyer, I have to guide my clients to the best care possible so they can get the best recovery possible. Like a painting in my office, “Recovery,” my job is to help my clients recover. You see billboard lawyers advertising how much money they get from their clients but that is […]
Shout out by Bike/Walk Tampa Bay for Advocacy Work by FloridaBicycleLaw.com
Here’s a picture of me with Mayor Bob Buckhorn of Tampa and former Chief Jane Castor of the Tampa Police Department. (It’s on the front of this website.) I was presenting them a check for $2,000.00 to put “Three Feet” stickers on the Tampa police cruisers (120 of them). As the police department was getting […]
Driving a Bicycle is not an Invitation to Hit a Cyclist
I recently read an article in the Irish Times about a push by police (the Garda) to require bicyclist to wear helmets and high visibility vests when riding. Here’s the link to the article. Of course, the import of the article was “cyclists should do something to prevent being killed.” The “authorities” behind this idea must have […]
Great videos from around the nation about bicycle safety.
I can’t say this enough: You never, never, EVER, EVER ride against traffic. It is a way to get killed. PERIOD. A simple video FOR KIDS that explains how you will die: You give three feet everywhere else. Why not for bicycles? http://verocyclingclub.org/resources/Documents/Bike%20Smart,%20Bike%20Safe%20_%203%20Feet%20for%20Safety%20Act.mp4 A sickening tragedy a mom on a bicycle killed and the […]
Common Theme: Bicyclist Gets Hit; Motorists Suffers No Consequence.
All too often, one of the most anger provoking stories I get sent is the story of the law enforcement officer who drives up at the scene in his car and has to administer the consequences to a motorist for running into a bicyclist. I cannot tell you how disheartening it is to find that […]
Everything You’ve Heard about Concussions is WRONG.
After a blow to the head, the survivor, her family, friends, co-workers all expect the injured person to “be okay.” After initial weeks of recovery it seems like that’s the case. However, if you can get this injured person to stop normalizing the odd things she’s experiencing and be totally honest, you will hear that […]