Feb 5, 2016 | Bike Accident
If you could change just a few words in an existing law to make it safer for every person in NY to ride their bikes, wouldn’t you do it? If the change in the law wouldn’t cost a penny but would save millions of dollars a year, wouldn’t you do it? Of...
Jan 29, 2016 | Bike Accident
I am very excited to be the new president of the New York Bicycling Coalition, a statewide bike advocacy group. I have an aggressive agenda for the next year or two to grow the organization – we currently have 700 members – and make our voice...
Dec 17, 2015 | Bike Accident
The League of American Bicyclists has released its Fall list of Bicycle Friendly Businesses across the United States. These are businesses that encourage employees to bicycle to work, and perhaps even offer incentives to ride to work. These businesses sometimes...
Nov 16, 2015 | Bike Accident
Attorney Jim Reed, managing partner of the Ziff Law Firm, was recently elected president of the board of the New York Bicycling Coalition (NYBC), a group that advocates for a safer New York state for bicyclists. Jim is passionate about bicycling and will help NYBC...
Oct 8, 2015 | Bike Accident
Some Ithaca residents are fighting a great new bike boulevard on well-traveled North Cayuga Street, despite mostly public support for the creation of the bike lane during the approval process in Common Council, according to a story this week in the Ithaca Journal. The...
Sep 21, 2015 | Bike Accident
Ghost bikes, those white-painted bikes we see chained to guardrails and road signs, are a haunting memorial to cyclists who died when struck by motor vehicles. They are a chilling reminder of the need for both safe driving and safe cycling. I recently purchased a...
Aug 24, 2015 | Bike Accident
As an Upstate NY cyclist, bike accident lawyer, and a New York Bicycling Coalition Board member, I am wildly enthusiastic about the continuing strides being made in Buffalo and Rochester to promote safer cycling in those Upstate cities! On Aug. 18, GO Bike Buffalo and...
Jun 30, 2015 | Bike Accident
I see motorists and bicyclists break the law every day. As a veteran bicycle law lawyer, I decided it was time to summarize our state laws so everyone sharing the road knows their rights. Why These Laws Apply to Cyclists NY Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL) –...
Jun 17, 2015 | Bike Accident
As an avid cyclist from Upstate New York, I have ridden my bike in Rochester, N.Y., many times for recreational riding, races and commuting. Rochester is blessed with one of the most progressive and active cycling advocacy groups in NY, the Rochester Cycling Alliance...
Jun 8, 2015 | Bike Accident
I hear from NY bicyclists all the time who tell me they have been hit by a car and then refused to take an ambulance to the hospital. Instead, they walked, called a family member or friend, and in some cases, got a ride from the driver who struck them! Why?...
Jan 23, 2015 | Bike Accident
My apologies to local cycling hero Danny Timmerman for my late congratulations on his incredibly impressive 5th place finish in the Pro division of the Cyclocross Nationals! To be 5th in the nation among the very best professional racers is an amazing...
Jan 13, 2015 | Bike Accident
A safe bicycle passing law in New York State designed to make it safer for bicyclists and motorists to share the road is too vague and hard to enforce. Merrill’s Law, passed by the state Legislature in June 2010, requires motorists to pass bicyclists at a safe...
Jan 6, 2015 | Bike Accident
Bike accident lawyer Matt Dolfi of Pittsburgh unravels the confusion faced by bicyclists in the Northern Tier and across Pennsylvania over the “full tort vs. limited tort” options on car insurance in the Keystone State, and what it means for insured...
Dec 11, 2014 | Bike Accident
In my almost 30 years of representing injured cyclists it has been interesting to watch the impact that various new technologies have had on cycling and the bicycle crash cases. This has been both bad and good. Some technologies are responsible for...
Nov 12, 2014 | Bike Accident
Joseph Schrom knows the dangers bicyclists face every day. The 21-year-old Horseheads man was badly injured in 2010 when he was struck from behind by a drunken driver while riding his bike. Joe, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, suffered a...
Nov 11, 2014 | Bike Accident
A Horseheads man who was critically injured when he was struck by a drunken driver while riding his bicycle in September 2010 will receive a settlement of more than $1.8 million over his lifetime. I negotiated the settlement with the insurance company for the truck...
Oct 15, 2014 | Bike Accident
All of my fellow avid bicyclists know Bob Mionske, the former Olympic and pro cyclist who also happens to be a top-notch Oregon bicycle accident lawyer who wrote THE book on bike law, “Bicycling and The Law.” Dan Flanzig, a New York City bike accident...
Sep 11, 2014 | Bike Accident
My heart goes out to the parents of 7-year-old Haydin Antonio Riggins of Troy, who was struck and killed last week while riding in a bicycle trailer with his sister. This sad story hits home for many cyclists like myself who remember fondly the days of riding...
Aug 21, 2014 | Bike Accident
A Wayland man is going to state prison for two to six years for striking and killing a bicyclist while he was driving drunk. I heartily applaud the prison sentence because it’s all too often that drivers who kill cyclists get off with little more than a slap on...
Aug 7, 2014 | Bike Accident
It’s unfortunate that most people talk about bicycle safety for just children, as if adults don’t ride. Children are required to wear helmets in N.Y. and many other states but I would like to see EVERYONE wearing helmets now. Riding has...
