A new study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, and published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), reveals bicycling injuries in the U.S. have risen astronomically in the last 15 years. Sifting through the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System data, researchers wanted to…
While a woman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence following an incident in which her vehicle struck and killed a physician bicyclist, the victim’s husband has filed a civil lawsuit against the driver. Although the cases are proceeding in different courts – one criminal, one civil…
When large trucks and bicycles collide, the potential for serious injury is very high. One of the reasons is because an individual who is on a bicycle or on foot can get thrown underneath the truck and be run over by the back wheels. With an increasing number of truck…
While Florida is a beautiful place for a bicycle ride, it hasn’t been known as a safe one. In fact, the Sunshine State has consistently ranked as having the highest numbers and rates of bicycle fatalities annually. Unfortunately, according to the latest figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,…
There are still plenty of reminders in the headlines that Florida is not a safe place for bicyclists. For example, there was the fatal bicycle crash on the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami in which a cyclist in his 20s died after being a struck by a vehicle after another…
In an effort to shield bicyclists from motorists who whiz by too fast and too close, the Florida legislature passed a law in 2006 that requires drivers to maintain three feet of clearance when passing bicyclists on the road. But in the years since, it’s been shown that enforcement of…
A bicycle injury verdict handed down by a Florida trial court has been reversed on appeal after it was determined failure to warn – the key argument in the product liability claim – was not the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries. The case of Trek Bicycle Corp. v. Miguelez before…
The stories of Southwest Florida’s bicycling dangers became personal for many people recently, as The News-Press detailed a dozen of them in a recent series entitled, “Paths of Peril.” In the last five years, there have been 1,400 bike accidents in Lee and Collier counties, with Lee County ranking third…
Recently, The News-Press launched a series on bicycle safety in Southwest Florida, analyzing five years’ worth of crashes and examining what needs to be done differently. Reporter Janine Zeitlin even penned an opinion piece detailing why she no longer rides her bicycle on public roads in Southwest Florida, despite enjoying…
A Fort Myers bicyclist’s successful challenge of a ticket for failing to adhere to the right side of the road went national, after a story in The News-Press was picked up by USA Today, likely in recognition of the fact that an increasing number of cyclists are trying to protect…