Stories by Bob Mionske

• Posted: Thu, Nov 27th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A time for thanks
  As Americans pause to give thanks at the beginning of this holiday season, it’s a good time for us to look past some of the outrages we’ve experienced this past year and reflect on what we cyclists have to be thankful for.
• Posted: Thu, Nov 20th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Can't we do better?
  Two weeks ago, I wrote about the collision that hospitalized Dr. Ed Farrar (see Yet another collision). Since then, I’ve received a letter I’d like to share. First, C.S. wrote in to say: We held Ed's ...
• Posted: Thu, Nov 6th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Yet another collision
  Last week, I wrote “we all feel the pain when one of our own is injured.” As I wrote those words, one of our own, Dr. Ed Farrar, lay in critical condition at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington, the ...
• Posted: Thu, Oct 30th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - The aftermath
  I had just arrived in New York to visit Diana and we were finishing up a beautiful ride. I remember asking Diana how much further because the hunger pains were beginning to set in. It was only going to be 10km but I was ready to eat. We were climbing up a road ...
• Posted: Thu, Oct 23rd
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - The brutality of the buzz
  I’ve often written in this column with my perspective on the aftermath of bike-on-car collisions. This week, I’ve got a different perspective to share ─ the perspective of a cyclist who was actually involved in a bike-on-car collision. On July 26, 2007, racers Diana ...
• Posted: Thu, Oct 16th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Choice of law
  One of the important skills lawyers-in-training (a.k.a. “law students”) learn in law school is the ability to argue either side of a case. That can be tough for the average non-lawyer to wrap their mind around, but it’s an essential skill, because a lawyer has to be able ...
• Posted: Fri, Oct 3rd
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A Tale of two cities ... and two cyclists
  Linda Willsey distinctly remembers the moment: She was on her bike, riding home from work, when the car door was flung open directly into her path. There was barely time to yell “No!” before she was sailing through the air, landing on her back, fracturing a vertebra and ...
• Posted: Fri, Sep 19th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Readers' thoughts on road rage
  Dear Readers, This week, I’ll be sharing some reader responses to my recent columns on road rage (See “Bikes vs. cars," “Summer of rage” and “
• Posted: Fri, Sep 12th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - More rage
  Dear Readers, I'm going to take the unusual step of starting with the subject with which I usually close my columns. I would like to invite those of you can attend to visit with me at my next speaking appearance: Saturday, September 20, ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 29th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Summer of rage
  In my last Legally Speaking column, "Bikes vs. Cars," I recounted some of this summer’s more egregious road rage incidents between motorists and cyclists, all of which happened in rapid-fire succession over a period of ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 15th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Bikes v. cars
  To the casual observer, it may seem as though tempers have been rising along with the temperatures this summer, but as we’ll see, we know that the summer heat has nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, add higher gas prices, more bikes on the road, and — why not? — alcohol ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 8th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Where's the justice?
  Bob,It is difficult to express my outrage after verifying the facts of the Autumn Growhowski story (See “When justice fails”). I find the collision (it should never be called an "accident") ...