I am reminded by the recent case of the ESPN newscaster, Erin Andrews, who was filmed by a stalker naked in the privacy of a room at a hotel for which she paid. The stalker asked the hotel staff to give him the room next to Ms. Andrews. Without inquiring and checking this weird request […]
Advocacy
You as a legal warrior against wheel traps.
What do the below three photographs have in common? First, if you ride, these may make your blood run cold. These have caused death, disfigurement, scarring, nerve loss, traumatic brain injury, broken bones and dislocations. These things can be are potholes, excessively wide grating over drainage channels, gaps between the pavement and the adjoining curb, […]
Vulnerable User Laws
I was asked to write about vulnerable user laws this month by a request to FloridaBicycleLaw.com. To gain some perspective, let’s say you are helping set up the wedding reception for the sister of a friend whose family is wealthy, your friend gives you a bottle of wine and says, “Please carry this to the […]
Two small community papers stand tall with editorials for us Bicyclists
As you know I rail monthly in the FloridaBicycleLaw.com newsletter about bicycle crashes and the senseless slaughter of the best of our communities by distracted drivers and those who ignore the laws requiring distance from bicycles. However recently there have been several editorials on “watch out for bicycles. On July 2, 2011, Dr. Kurt Lang […]