Potholes and Road Apples

The most interesting courtroom drama in recent years is taking place this week in Los Angeles.
It is the road rage trial of a California doctor who passed two cyclists descending a hill and then slammed on his brakes. One cyclist swerved to avoid the car, clipped the back bumper and went flying into the oncoming lane. He […]

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Slate writer Christopher Beam recently wrote about bicyclists regularly breaking traffic laws - including himself - and the evolution of those laws and the two different philosophies most common among cyclists for whether to follow them. His article, “How do the get bikers to obey traffic laws,” is a good read.

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Dream Ride Projects recently became the county’s first “Bike Friendly” organization, and one of only four in the state. Dream Ride founder and executive director Mike Ridgeway hopes to use the designation, from the national League of American Bicyclists, as a springboard to eventually having the whole county listed as “Bike Friendly.”
Here is the article that […]

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 UPDATE:
East Earl Township police late Tuesday afternoon identified the cyclist killed Sunday morning as Harold L. Hartzell, 61, of Manheim.
Hartzell was riding the Covered Bridge Metric Century route. He apparently lost control of his bike turning from Centerville Road to Sensenig Road at about 8:46 p.m. According to the police report, Hartzell’s bike left the roadway, […]

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Like most cyclists, I’ve been yelled at, cut-off, spat at, had trash and drinks thrown at me and, this time last year, was stuck with an overripe peach. But, I’ve never been speared with a blow dart.
Three cyclists and a jogger in the Wilmington suburbs of New Castle County, Del. have not been so lucky. According […]

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A new rule - and three letters - for texting while driving.

And, the final finishers of the Tour de France, as presented by the Onion.

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Bicyclists in Colorado on Wednesday began riding with a new state law that requires motorists to pass them with no less than three feet of clearance. The law also allows the motorists to cross the yellow center line when necessary to pass cyclists and allows bicyclists to ride closer to the center when there is […]

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Bicyclists from across Pennsylvania are being asked to gather in Harrisburg Tuesday for the first statewide bicycle rally.
Bicyclists will gather at the Farm Show Complex, off Cameron Street, beginning at 8:30 a.m. At 9 a.m., they will begin a ride to the state capitol building, at Third and State streets. The rally at the capitol […]

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Lancaster City Council members voted Tuesday night to ban riding of bicycles on downtown sidewalks as a pedestrian safety measure.
The ban includes the area bounded by Lemon, Water, Lime and Farnum streets. It will take effect in mid-December.
The city ordinance extends an existing ban on sidewalk riding that covers the four-block area around Penn Square.
Council members narrowly […]

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Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists, made promotion of cycling in Lancaster County sound like a no-brainer … as easy as, well, riding a bicycle.
He made his case this morning before about 45 county and municipal planners, local police officers and bicycling advocates during a workshop at the Lancaster Farm & Home […]

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