Northern California can serve up some of the most beautiful bicycle rides in the world. Whether you prefer the fresh, sea air on a coastal trip or the cool, crisp air on a higher elevation ride NorCal aims to please. A biking vacation can provide plenty of routes to lead you away from the gridlock […]
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Aug
Aug
Bicyclists should be ensured a safe trip no matter when they choose to take their ride. Yet, statistics show there are safer times to be on the road and potentially more dangerous times. After dark is always a hazardous time for a ride. There’s usually much less traffic, but if motorists claim they have trouble […]
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Aug
Aug
A bicycle accident can be dangerous at any time of day. As long as there are distracted drivers out, a rider must be cautious at all times. A nighttime ride can be particularly treacherous. Bicycle collision statistics show that 6 pm to 9 pm is the most dangerous time to be out on a bike, […]
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Jun
Jun
When we think of a hit and run bicycle accident, we naturally think of a motor vehicle hitting a cyclist and then the driver flees the scene. However, sometimes cyclists run into each other, and if someone is injured, the same requirement holds for a cyclist to remain at the scene. If the cyclist flees, […]
During DUI cyclist hit and run accidents, cyclists are especially vulnerable to motorists primarily because they are unprotected and largely unseen by many motorists. When the motorist is impaired, the cyclist is at even greater risk of serious injury or death. Then when the driver of the motor vehicle flees after the accident, this creates […]
When a driver hits a cyclist and then flees the scene, it causes significantly more risk to the victim than had the driver stayed. In many cases, the driver is unhurt and is able to render aid or at least call for help. But when the driver takes off, the cyclist is often left to […]
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Jun
Riding at night is dangerous for cyclists. Many studies show that when riding at night, the risk of night-time cycling fatalities goes significantly higher. Sometimes the cause is related to the cyclist not taking precautions for the darkness and lack of visibility of the motorists. However, in many cases, drivers aren’t paying attention and don’t […]
For the second time in a little over a year, a cyclist has died in San Francisco because of an open car door. A dooring happens when the occupant of a car opens their door in the path of a cyclist, who in most cases, is riding where they are supposed to. On Friday, May […]
We read about hit and run accidents involving cyclists all the time. So much so that it’s almost not news. But it’s all too real for the victim involved. One such story is about a woman who was out for a bike ride on Elkhorn Ave in Sacramento with a group of fellow cyclists and […]
A new 2020 study out of the University of California, San Francisco suggests e-scooter injury cases have risen dramatically over the past few years. According to the latest stats, the number of e-scooter injury patients requiring hospitalization rose over 360 percent between 2014 and 2018. For this latest study, UCSF researchers looked into data from […]