Every spring the main media wants to get in on bike safety. I was recently interviewed for my thoughts on bike safety for Reader's Digest. Here's some shameless self-promotion:
“Cyclists have a right to use a part of the roadway, and are allowed to take an entire lane when their safety requires it,” says Herb van den Dool, a Toronto-based cycling activist and blogger with ibiketo.ca.
I betcha a punctured tube that everyone reading this has experienced a situation similar to the exchange I had while commuting this past Thursday evening.
Man faces six charges in fail－to－remain collision
Broadcast time: 11:28 Friday, November 21, 2008
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In New Zealand the Minister of Safety is in hot water for musing about the mandatory helmet law discouraging people from cycling. As we know that more cyclists makes cycling safer and more comfortable (the so-called safety in numbers principle), it is fair for him to muse, but there is little chance of the current law being changed.
I am thankful that we don't have mandatory helmet legislation here.
Photo illustration by Rick Conroy
Angela Bischoff sends us this update:
Like a singular fish in a school of fish, you can rest assured that you are safer the more cyclists there are around you. That this might be the most important factor in your safety is the controversial conclusion of a recent study.
Dear concerned cyclist,
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