When a bike trailer is hit by a vehicle, the consequences can be devastating—especially when the trailer is carrying a child or a pet. In California, cyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as other road users, and that protection extends to those in tow....
California's state lawmakers are typically more assertive about bicycle safety than those in many other jurisdictions. In some cases, California is among the first states in the country to implement new regulations that could help keep cyclists a bit safer. One of the...
Car crashes typically occur with little warning. All it takes is a momentary lapse in judgment or a failure to check before turning for something to go majorly wrong on the road. Cyclists and pedestrians are at particularly high risk in traffic, although anyone on the...
A dooring accident happens when someone opens a vehicle door into the path of a bicycle. The car itself doesn’t strike the bicyclist. Instead, the door opens directly ahead of them, and the cyclist then collides with the open door, which has no give because it swings...
