Apr 7, 2022 | Bike Accident
When it comes to cutting down on the use of fossil fuels, one of the best ways is to swap out your car for your bike. Hitting the road on a bicycle can cut down on fuel usage while giving you a great outlet for healthy exercise. However, it’s important that you...
Dec 21, 2021 | Bike Accident, Biker Law, Injury Law
Wintertime Motorcycle Riding Safety Tips As the colder winter weather comes around, many motorcycle riders will put their bikes into storage. However, the reality is that you can still enjoy riding your motorcycle in the winter months. It just takes some extra safety...
Dec 8, 2021 | Bike Accident, Injury Law
Bicycle Safety Tips for a Safe Trip Down the Roadway Whenever an accident occurs between a bicycle and a motor vehicle, it’s more often than not more harmful to the bicyclist. There are simply less metal and safety features protecting bicyclists than...
Oct 21, 2021 | Bike Accident
Dealing With an Insurance Company in the Aftermath of a Bike Accident Every year, hundreds of people are injured in bike accidents in New York. The stark reality is that bicycle accidents can result in catastrophic consequences in some instances. Even when injuries...
Aug 23, 2021 | Bike Accident
There are a number of significant benefits to riding a bike. These include everything from improving your health to providing environmentally favorable transport. With that noted, there are also dangers associated with riding a bicycle. Every year, thousands of...
Jun 24, 2021 | Bike Accident
Cycling offers numerous health benefits and is also an economical mode of transportation in New York. Unfortunately, however, cyclists have a much greater risk of sustaining catastrophic injuries or being killed when they are involved in collisions with motor...
Apr 30, 2021 | Bike Accident
Suffolk County, on New York’s Long Island, has becomes the first county in NY to pass a law requiring motorists to give at least 3 feet of space when passing a bicyclist. The measure was signed into law on April 5, and I hope it spurs other counties – including our...
Apr 28, 2021 | Bike Accident, Biker Law, Injury Law
The Ziff Law Firm extends its condolences to the family of DaQuan Harrison of Elmira, the motorcyclist killed Friday afternoon in Big Flats by a left-turning motorist at the Chambers Road overpass on Interstate 86. According to a GoFundMe created by a friend of...
Apr 7, 2021 | Bike Accident
Cycling is the perfect mode of travel when you want to enjoy the weather and get some exercise. While bicycle riding offers many fitness benefits, it also carries a risk of being seriously injured or killed in a crash. Unfortunately, the fatality rate for bicyclists...
Mar 22, 2021 | Bike Accident, Injury Law
Tara Escudero wants to make it easier for everyone in the Twin Tiers to have their own bike – and be able to learn how to repair them – in hopes of making bicycling an affordable form of transportation for more people. Tara leads Elmira Bikes, a bicycling advocacy...
Jan 12, 2021 | Bike Accident
Most cases rise or fall on the facts of the case, but occasionally, there is a case that only succeeds because of the quality of the lawyering in the case. Attorney Jim Reed, an avid bicyclist himself, recently obtained a settlement of $245,000 for an Elmira woman who...
Aug 5, 2020 | Bike Accident
Ithaca, centrally located in the middle of the beautiful Finger Lakes, is a hotbed of active bicycling and advocacy. Home to Cornell University, Ithaca College, and a host of dynamic businesses big and small, Ithaca is a very special place that attracts many very...
May 6, 2020 | Bike Accident, Injury Law
So sad and so horrible. A respected Cornell University professor who was highly regarded by her students for tirelessly giving her time to them was killed by a hit-and-run drunk driver Sunday evening in the Tompkins County Town of Groton as she was riding her...
Apr 6, 2020 | Bike Accident
As I have written many times before, legalization of e-bikes is LONG overdue. Thankfully, that time has finally come …. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state Legislature approved it in the new state budget this month. It’s good news for many people in the Twin...
Feb 27, 2020 | Bike Accident
You can’t make this stuff up…… Did you know that Rochester has a bicyclist who can ride 80 miles per hour? That was the crazy claim made by a driver who rear-ended and injured the bicyclist one rainy evening last month on a Rochester street. The...
Feb 24, 2020 | Bike Accident
A fatal bike crash sheds light on Florida state laws Bicycle crashes that result in fatalities are more common than you may think. Did you know that more than 800 people die yearly around the country in bike crashes? Of those, 98 percent involve a motor vehicle, and...
Feb 3, 2020 | Bike Accident
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently introduced a LONG overdue proposal for legalizing e-bikes and e-scooters, switching gears weeks after shooting down similar legislation because of concerns about safety. I am a strong advocate for e-bikes because they provide a...
Jan 22, 2020 | Bike Accident
Kailey Kornhauser and Marley Blonsky are proud to call themselves “fat cyclists” and they’re on the mission that I have fought for personally and through my work with the NY Bicycling Coalition – to get more people of all sizes on bicycles. Bicycling is healthy, fun,...
Nov 14, 2019 | Bike Accident
New York State soon hopes to complete its 750-mile Empire State Trail, which will bring together a series of trails statewide and make it easier for bicyclists and pedestrians to travel, for the most part, safely away from traffic. About 400 miles of the Empire State...
Oct 21, 2019 | Bike Accident
Our thoughts are with the family of a young girl who was struck by a vehicle Sunday evening while riding her bicycle on Broadway in Southport. Police said the little girl was struck by a vehicle leaving the KFC/Taco Bell parking lot. Under NY law, it is the obligation...
