Forum: Advocacy & Safety

Is anybody here LCI certified? Is there any benifit to it? How do you use it? My wife is getting LCI certified through her job, nice perc, but I was wondering what it is all about, and if it had any real benefit. Thanks.

ODESSA - A 12-year-old boy died Tuesday evening after he was struck by a car while bicycling on Van Dyke Road. Mitchell Bowers of Lutz was heading west in the bicycle lane of Van Dyke Road approaching Currie Ford Drive when he was struck at about 6:45 p.m. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office...

Would something like this work for bicyclists? One could have undercover cops riding bikes in traffic and then reporting offending drivers to cops in cars or on motorcyles farther down the road. http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20102060315

After years and years of debate, a couple of days was all it took to shut down this epic thread. All it took was a violation of basic forum guidelines. The board is only as good as it's contributions. We're not going to learn anything unless we get along and listen to each other and think...

A nice profile of the killer and his family in the Miami New Times. Seems to be from a family well-acquainted with the Miami-Dade legal system.

Somebody help me before I take the law into my own hands. About a year and a half ago I had a collision with a neighbor's dog. The dog was running loose. It ran out in front of me, we crashed and I ended up with a broken collarbone that required surgery to fix. I now have a plate in my...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_Bq1vxCUvo&feature=player_embedded With Strict Liability, it's always the motorist at fault when they collide with vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists. In the film, Hans Voerknecht, international coordinator of the Dutch Fietsberaad explains how...

Last year I posted an article discussing the death of Natasha Richardson and how the newspapers were stating that a helmet could have saved her life. Guess what? A new study Canadian Medical Journal states that ski helmets can reduce head injuries by 35%!!! Maybe we should be using ski helmets...

Carlos Bertonatti, the budding Key Biscayne pop musician charged with DUI manslaughter and a string of other felonies in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, has been released on bail. Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, meanwhile, addressed a rising furor over the...

http://www.industrializedcyclist.com/20110_Mind_Suck.html

http://www.ocregister.com/news/bicyclist-219772-vehicle-road.html Here's one article that deserves a hell of a complaint to the paper's president ( thorne@ocregister.com ), to the editor ( letters@ocregister.com / kbrusic@ocregister.com) and to the author of the article. -Kurt

I read this and could not believe it... It shows you that it's not just the rednecks that can behave like idiots! http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/627070

So, here's the idea: You ride a bike, you see something that needs attention (ie: tree branches too low, storm drain grates that could eat your tire, glass in the path, etc. etc. etc.). Then you take some pictures, then take steps to fix it. (ie: pull out a broom or pruning shears, make some phone...

Not for the humor impaired: http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/48007.html?task=view

Not sure where this would belong...so A and S it is.....moderators, your wish i my command :) if you think it should be else where There are new Condos in San jose that prominently feature a bike kitchen..... a place to store your bike and to work on it. Interesting concept or silly...

So last night I was riding to meet up with some friends, in 12 degree weather. I Was riding my fixed gear, and got down into the drops to charge a hill on a large suburban street on the outskirts of town. 2 young high school girls (later found out they were 13 and 14) were j walking coming from an...

After the killing of a cyclist in Key Biscayne this past weekend and reading all the media reporting on the "incident", how they all very conveniently forget to mention that this IDIOT driver was, 1) drunk, 2) suspended drivers license, 3) HUGELY large driving record with about 40 moving violations...

saw this on http://www.copenhagenize.com/ Lower temperatures this year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqo4hwnJt6Y&feature=player_embedded#

I saw it on TV news today. Stay Alive, Don't Text and Drive. The life you save might be mine!!!! The roads are dangerious enough as it is already we don't need to make it worse. Stay on red alert all the time while riding your bike. Personally I think laws need to changed. If you kill...

http://www.peoplepoweredmovement.org/site/index.php/site/memberservices/C529 http://bikeportland.org/2010/01/28/new-report-people-on-bike-foot-are-at-risk-due-to-lack-of-investment/

So I plowed into the back of a parked car. Does this seem right? My homeowner's insurance paid the full cost of the estimate plus bought them a new car seat and stroller. Neither were damaged but it's standard protocol to replace car seats in a "collision." I'm still more convinced than...

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/do-bike-helmet-laws-discourage-bicycling/ Personally I tend to think that the author's #2 must have a big effect. In an age where mom drives the kids to school because walking seems dangerous it seems likely that she also discourages cycling...

The eyewear works great - and so does the facemask, but combine them both in the winter and it is perfect for fog formation in just a second or two worth of breath. This is with high quality eyewear that supposedly protects against fogging and also the anti-fog wipes (which have a very toxic smell...

http://blog.al.com/on-the-road/2010/01/state_dot_to_hold_meeting_on_p.html Maybe a step in the right direction, but what was the editor thinking posting a picture of a couple of cyclist NOT WEARING HELMETS???

Mea culpa if this is the wrong place to post this, but here goes nothing: I consider myself a cycling commuter, though I've done my share of rec riding and touring; I have been riding since I was an eight-year-old, and I'm 52 now. Today, while on a 90-minute run/jog on Shoal Creek Blvd in...

From the Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie , NY. "A Putnam County man faces up to three years in state prison after admitting today he fatally injured a bicyclist on a highway in East Fishkill when he hit him with his van last year. William Mancusi, 32, of Carmel, entered a guilty plea in...

People complain endlessly about cyclists who run red lights, ride on sidewalks etc. Well, it is time to stop complaining and be proactive. The other day I was crossing the street with a walk light and just as I was getting to the other side this bicyclist runs the light by passing a van on the...

I was tossing up between posting this in either this forums or the road forum, but I figure I might get a more serious reply here. Around here, when riding on the road, it's law that you must indicate when turning right. Of course it's generally also a good idea to signal left, but it's not...

At least there is one guy off the road. By Larry Hertz • Poughkeepsie Journal • January 8, 2009 A Putnam County motorist accused of fatally injuring a bicyclist in June in East Fishkill told town police he left the scene of the crash after the accident, according to court documents....

Because, I know how much this forum loves a good helmet debate: http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/634821.html Discuss.

Hello, I just purchased some used mountain bikes for me and my wife. (26" Kona/Giant). My wife's bike is a bit high for her to sit on. Can I go to a 24" tire for her? We're just recreational riders. Thanks!

I know hand signals for use in traffic (left turn, both versions for right turn, and slowing down) but am wondering for which circumstances they are to be used. I normally only use the turn signals but plan on signaling stops and slowing down as well. I check my mirror to see if traffic is clear,...

Was not on the bike. Just coming back from XC skiing and stopped at a four way stop sign at which I have around 40 years of non event history. Today as it was my turn to go and a car was stopped on the road to my right I took a quick glance to the left and was just about to move ahead when a young...

Two relatively recent "take the lane" cases in Arizona. Not to spoil the ending, but BOTH were resolved on appeal in favor of the cyclist. http://azbikelaw.org/blog/take-the-lane/

I seen some guy riding on the left side of the road in wewoka,oklahoma on highway 59. Isnt that dangerous? Couldnt a car come over that hill and run him over? I think he went to the left side of the road to let us pass him but that would still be dangerous if there was a car coming over that hill.