Year: 2013

On Tuesday, November 12, 2013, a 56-year-old motorist cut off cyclists pulling out of a parking lot on Valencia Street and then after the cyclists yelled at him to watch out, circled back to actually hit one of them as the two cyclists tried to get onto the sidewalk / out of harm’s way. The…

  Hi everyone! We are proud to announce that Bay Area Bicycle Law is a Gold Sponsor for the 18th annual San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Winterfest 2013! We are happy to support this great event, which includes an art show with over 60 talented artists, a wine tour, parties and events, and a bicycle auction to…

Although Governor Brown has vetoed similar legislation in the past, this was due to language in the previous bills that stipulated slowing down to 15MPH when passing a cyclist. This new version is now without that language, so it may increase the chances it makes it past Gov. Brown’s desk! The Three Feet for Safety Act, sponsored…

From SF resident Laura King’s letter to Captain Corrales of SFPD: “I’m writing to thank you for allowing Officer Matt Friedman and Officer Brett Bodisco to accompany me to East San Jose yesterday to recover my stolen bike. I feel incredibly lucky to have my bike back, and I have Officer Friedman and Officer Bodisco…

Be on the look out for this scumbag when in the area of Mountain View.   On 5-2-13 at about 1015 hours a witness reported that an unknown subject knocked on the front door of her second-floor condominium. She looked outside but did not recognize the subject, so she did not answer the door. A few minutes…

The building that was Faber’s Cyclery has sat on First St in San Jose since 1884. Just weeks after the business closed, an eerily predictive article describing the possibility of it being burned down came true when fire tore through the old building on April 25th, 2013. In a 2008 Metro “Silicon Alleys” article, journalist…