Getting into a bicycle accident is scary. Not only is it usually a huge shock and could involve a serious bike injury, but it’s also likely something you have never been through before in your life. Needless to say, it can be very overwhelming. Many people feel extremely lost in the days and weeks following […]
If you get into a bike accident serious enough for the police to be called to the scene, the officer who arrives will complete a document called a traffic collision report. The traffic collision report is an official accounting of the bike accident. To create the report, the officer will speak to you and […]
San Francisco bike lane laws can be a game-changer for cyclists riding in the city. Having a protected space for cyclists helps keep everyone safer, and gives a clear demarcation for cars to know where they should be looking for and yielding to people on bikes. However, bike lanes, and laws as robust as […]
If you ride in downtown San Francisco with any regularity, you know what it feels like to get a face full of exhaust. When you ride your bike in the city, you’re doing great things for your health — getting aerobic exercise, building muscle, and increasing your lung capacity — but you’re also sometimes […]
It can be comforting to think that a bike accident will never happen to you. And maybe you will be lucky… but unfortunately, thousands of people are injured or even killed while riding their bikes around the United States every year. According to the 2012 National Survey on Bicyclist and Pedestrian Attitudes and Behaviors, […]
Every cyclist who has ever ridden around San Francisco’s Mission District knows that its streets are some of the most treacherous in the city. In particular, Valencia is known for being a hotbed of dangerous conditions for cyclists. Every day, as cyclists attempt to make their way down the road’s bike lanes, countless numbers […]
Riding your bike in the city unfortunately sometimes means confrontation with pedestrians, fellow cyclists, and especially drivers who aren’t too happy to see you on “their” roads. These factors often put cyclists at risk for a bike accident in San Francisco. In many cases, these altercations can be alleviated with a little bit of […]
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Although the Bay Area is populated by big cities and busy streets, there are plenty of opportunities to ride your bike without the stress of sharing the road with cars and trucks. In fact, some of the bike trails in the Bay Area are among the best in the country! We are lucky to be […]
Sometimes even the best bike accident advice can’t prepare you for avoiding commercial vehicles. If you’ve ever been riding alongside an eighteen wheeler down a tight San Francisco street, then you know the fear of being so exposed and small next to such an enormous vehicle. The driver can’t see you, can’t hear you, […]
As the seasons change quite frequently in San Francisco, many Bay Area cyclists face an important choice: whether to keep on riding into the rainy, foggy weather, or to hang up the bike for the wet seasons and deal with commuting by car or train until conditions are more dry. The following bike accident advice […]