Glove compartment- Years ago, cars were more hands on and grimy. The tires, control levers, starting cranks, digging them out of ruts in the roads, all got your hands dirty, so gloves were a essential item and glove compartments standard equipment. No longer. However, there’s always need for a spot to put your insurance and […]
Advocacy
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 […]
All Your Information to Steal Your Identity and Open A Credit Account was Stolen
If you don’t, you will wake up one day in your bank account will be frozen, and you will have large bills from companies you have never heard of coming to your house. You will spend many frustrating hours on the phone trying to straighten this out.. The stories are chilling. First, learn about identity […]
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 […]
Will My Premium Go Up If I Make A PIP Claim?
You may have heard how insurance companies will “increase your premiums if you make a claim.” Premiums are high enough, so why would you want to increase your premiums by making a claim? Common sense says no. Perhaps you probably heard that is just best to “fix whatever is broken yourself” and not make a […]
Things Insurance Companies CAN’T Do
No doubt, if you ever had an insurance claim, you have seen the ominous words at the bottom of a check or insurance claim form which say: “Anyone who prepares or makes any written statement to any insurer for payment knowing that such statement contains any false, incomplete, or misleading information concerning any fact or […]
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 […]
Shocking Corruption of U. S. Congress which Just Gave Away Your Private Online Information
In an article by the German owned online investigation magazine Vocativ, the reason behind the recent U. S. Senate vote giving away your online privacy to the ISP corporations was revealed: money. As you know, because of the ruling by the U. S. Supreme Court, Citizens United, corporations are entitled to spend as much money […]
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 […]