A couple of weeks ago I biked my usual route home on the Guadalupe River Trail alongside San Jose International Airport.
99.9% of my bike rides are uneventful. I only talk about the ones where something happens. Does this give the impression that cycling is more hazardous than the reality?
The Mercury-News police blotter reports this incident from Woodside, California last Saturday morning: Canada and Woodside roads, 10:35 a.m. Saturday A group of cyclists, about 50 altogether, caught up with a driver who had passed them earlier, surrounded his vehicle, then punched and kicked his window and mirror. Of course there’s another side of the read more
IMPORTANT CORRECTION: This ordinance is not yet law — it passed its initial hearing, but a second reading and passage is required before it becomes city law. Thank you to a staffer from the city of Sunnyvale communications office for providing the correction. On Tuesday, the Sunnyvale City Council passed a cyclist anti-harassment ordinance, sponsored read more
A few weeks ago, Katherine Roberts was controlling the lane up narrow Masonic Avenue in San Francisco when an irate man driving too fast brushed past as he yelled and made obscene gestures at her. Some words were exchanged at the next intersection. After she turned onto Haight Street, somebody directly behind her started gunning read more
Lots of people talking about this video of cyclist Luke Rae in St. Johns, Newfoundland. He uses a helmet cam to show his encounters with scofflaw, law breaking motorists. When motorists can learn to obey the rules of the road, I’ll recognize their privilege to use those roads. So yeah, there are the occasional idiots read more
