Posted: Fri, Jul 25th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - When justice failsNineteen-year-old Autumn Grohowski was on her cell phone with her dad, just letting him know she would be home soon. It was June, a summer night in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and Autumn was approaching the trail she would take home. She was on her bike, and mindful of her safety, so ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A question of liabilityBob,We have a little ride in Iowa called RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). A few years ago a cyclist hit a centerline crack and died. The widow sued the county, and a settlement out of court resulted in $300k to the widow.There were two accidents ...
Posted: Fri, Jun 27th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Two-by-twoDear Bob,In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, during a ride on the last Friday of last month, 17 cyclists were ticketed for violating the two abreast statue by claims that they were impeding traffic. The tickets stated that the violation was of state statute 346.80(3) — impeding ...
Posted: Thu, Jun 19th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Your papers, pleaseDear Readers,
Posted: Thu, Jun 12th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Talking in DodgeDear Readers,The response to From Tombstone to Dodge has been tremendous, some favorable, some not-so-favorable. So although I intended to discuss two more issues this week that were raised by Larimer ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 3rd
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - From Tombstone to Dodge Dear Readers,
Posted: Thu, May 22nd
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Nations within nationsBob,My question about the Shootout (see Shoot Out at the UA Corral) is that while the Tohono O'Odham deputy loves to enforce some tribal statute that I have never been able to find that requires single file riding, ...
Posted: Fri, May 9th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Rights and responsibilitiesBob,I just got done reading your April 24th column on the Arizona Shootout Bike Ride . Let me say right off, that the Pima County Sheriff's deputy's actions were completely wrong. It's just dangerous, reckless, and ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 25th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Shootout at the UA CorralDear Readers,Wyatt Earp tried his hand at many things in his long and colorful life; at various times he worked as a farmer, teamster, buffalo hunter, saloon-keeper, gambler, and miner, among his many other occupations, but it was as a lawman in the Old Wild West that Earp ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 10th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Blaming the victimBob, Thank you for an outstanding article on the facts and media bias in the fatal Cupertino accident. I wanted to let you know that in the wake of the accident the San Francisco Chronicle ran a story in which ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 3rd
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - The Birdman lettersBob,
Posted: Thu, Mar 27th
Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Mo' Birdman Fo' Y'allBob,I was talking to a cycling friend today and telling him how my riding had been going and happened to mention an accident I was in while riding a couple of weeks ago. He laughed and said he was just reading a similar story and showed me the
