Posts tagged Contributory Negligence
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What is “contributory negligence,” and why is it such a big danger for cyclists and pedestrians?
Say you are riding along on your bicycle. Your tail light battery dies one evening, and then a texting driver crashes into you. Can you recover your medical costs from the driver? Or, say you are on foot and need to cross a street where the nearest crosswalks are far away. But then a drunk driver speeds by and hits you. Or, you’re biking and get doored. A police officer, confused… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Four thousand problems
4000-series drags down Metro; Taxi discrimination; Too big for Brookland; Contributing to change; Approaching a wrong-way cyclist?; Low-stress bike networks; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Riders make changes
The Silver Line’s weekday debut; Plenty of (car) parking; Bus change woes; McMillan will get tweaks, not more; St. Elizabeths needs direction; New bill could help cyclists; Why so few black cyclists?; Breakthrough for bikeshare; Friendlier fed streets?; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walmart’s threat
Walmart might pull back; Is Walmart bluffing?; Marijuana bills moving; More of SW is historic; More crashes in Fairfax; Behond the new Sherman; Metro morsels; See where the hipsters are; Not much reason in highway rankings; We could use some CA HSR right now; And…. Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Frequent opponents getting along
AAA and WABA agree on negligent driving; C100 pro-input, pro-fun; School’s test scores suspect; Folks who want to hear from you; Gray speaks on DC; Anacostia used to have a streetcar; Bikeshare trip length varies over the day; Safer intercity buses more expensive. Keep reading…
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Ped/bike safety enforcement stories, part 4: Bad tickets
At the recent pedestrian and bicycle safety enforcement hearing, several people related stories about police misapplying laws and writing erroneous tickets after a crash. Coupled with DC’s “contributory negligence” law, that can leave a victim unable to get their medical bills paid. Each of the four witnesses below was riding a bicycle and was hit by a… Keep reading…
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12 ways our region could reform bicycling laws
The percentage of people riding bikes for transportation has been rising for the better part of two decades and there is every reason to believe that trend will continue. While engineers and traffic planners work to update the infrastructure and physical elements to encourage cycling, there is more that legislators can do to help too. Some laws unnecessarily restrict safe cycling… Keep reading…