May Is National Bike Month
Colorado to Celebrate Special Bike Event in June Americans have been discovering a new way to get to work: by bike. According to census data, the number of those riding a bike to work increased by 60 percent between 2000 and 2012. Since then, though, the trend has...
Country Roads, City Roads
Which are more dangerous in terms of pedestrian, bicycle, and auto accidents? For over 40 years, more traffic fatalities have occurred on America's rural roads than on roads in urban areas. But in 2016 and 2017, more people died in urban crashes, according to detailed...
Bicycle Accidents: How to Avoid Them
Be Prepared, Be Alert, Be Predictable According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 840 bicyclists were killed on U.S. roads in 2016. Of course, when a bicyclist and an automobile crash into each other, the former almost always gets the worst of it....
Proving Fault in a Colorado Bicycle Accident
Cyclists Have Same Obligations as Other Drivers Bicycles meet the definition of a vehicle in many states, which means that those riding bicycles are bound to the same rules of the road as drivers of automobiles and motorcycles. Under Colorado law, every person riding...
Making Colorado Roads Safer for Bicyclists
Distraction, Inexperience, and Rough Road Conditions All Contribute to Accidents Fewer accidents, more deaths. In 2015, 45,000 bicycle collisions were reported in the United States, down from 50,000 reported the previous year. But during the same period, the number of...
Trust in Self-Driving Vehicles Continues to Decline
Though touted as auto accident-reducers, automated cars still make consumers leery. According to the American Psychological Association, more than 10 million adults in the U.S. are said to suffer from a phobia. Whether that exaggerated fear is of spiders, snakes,...