by 303cycling | Dec 12, 2017 | Commentary
From Outside By Aaron Gulley After getting hit by a car, our bike-test director comes to terms with distracted driving and a society that devalues cyclists The impact was as sudden and unexpected as lightning on a cloudless afternoon. One moment I was pedaling on a...
by 303cycling | Dec 8, 2017 | Boulder Cycling
From the Daily Camera By Amelia Arvesen Staff Writer The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday announced its decision to charge a driver in a crash with a cyclist in Superior on Oct. 20. Martin Rose, 66, of Superior, was charged with careless driving...
by 303cycling | Dec 4, 2017 | Bike Law, Featured
UPDATE DECEMBER 5 2017 From the Times Call Driver faces DUI, vehicular assault charges in collision with cyclist in Longmont A 42-year-old driver suspected of driving away after striking a cyclist on the south edge of Longmont on Sunday faces charges of vehicular...
by 303cycling | Nov 29, 2017 | Denver Cycling, Featured
UPDATE DECEMBER 5 2017 – Cycling victim & distracted driver identified; 9News reports driver was adjusting volume on cell phone From Douglas County Sheriff’s Office John Kirby, a 53-year-old Douglas County resident, lost his life on the evening of...
by 303cycling | Oct 30, 2017 | Commentary, Commuting, Featured
From Bicycling.com A Los Angeles cyclist who suffered a major injury after striking a pothole agreed to a $6.5 million settlement with the City this week. In May 2015, Peter Godefroy was riding his bicycle on a “poorly maintained” street when he struck a large...
by 303cycling | Oct 24, 2017 | Community
From the Daily Camera A 31-year-old male cyclist from Louisville suffered serious injuries after a collision with a pickup truck in Superior on Friday night. The bicyclist was traveling downhill and northbound on McCaslin Boulevard “when he collided with a black...
by 303cycling | Oct 22, 2017 | Bike Law, Boulder Cycling, Featured
From the Times-Call Colorado State Troopers were trying to determine whether or not a cyclist collided with a semi truck at East County Line Road on Colo. 66 on Friday afternoon. The cyclist, whose identity has not been released, suffered possible serious bodily...
by 303cycling | Oct 18, 2017 | Commentary, Featured
By Adelaide Perr “When a cyclist is hit by a car the witnesses, family, friends, caretakers, and community at-large also suffer from trauma. My book will share my recovery, my family’s experiences, managing PTSD, and more” This weekend it was triathlete...
by 303cycling | Aug 31, 2017 | Bike Law, Boulder Cycling
303 staffers witnessed the aftermath of this crash on Saturday, and received multiple reports of the cyclist receiving CPR in the middle of Highway 36, broken glass (presumably from a windshield), and that the scene, “looked bad. Very bad.” Though the Venus de Miles...
by 303cycling | Jan 12, 2017 | Commentary
From Bicycling Hang around enough group rides and you’ll eventually hear someone say: “In cycling, there are the riders that have been hit, and the riders who will get hit.” But the situation isn’t as dire as that adage makes it sound. Accidents do happen—but not as...
