June 27, 2018
The next time you hop on a bicycle to head across town, consider this: your helmet may not perform well enough in an accident. A first-of-its-kind study using the latest techniques for simulating head injuries found significant variations in how …
October 25, 2016
Kids of lower socioeconomic status, those riding in rural areas, and those riding mostly on the sidewalk have higher risk of injury than others, according to a new review. Not surprisingly, injuries related to motor vehicle collisions are more severe …
August 22, 2016
Despite some criticism of bike helmets for not being protective enough, they do cut the risk of severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) by half when riders suffer a head injury, a U.S. study suggests. Riders with helmets were also less …
July 7, 2015
Bike safety advocates are celebrating a new law in Maine that they say will make the roads safer for bikers and pedestrians. Brian Allenby of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine tells the Maine Public Broadcasting Network that the new law …
December 23, 2014
New York City bicyclists are getting fewer tickets. The drop comes as biking safety is in a spotlight. The New York Post reported Monday that about 32,500 tickets have been issued to cyclists from Jan. 1 through Nov. 30. That’s …
November 18, 2014
The number of bicyclists killed on U.S. roadways is trending upward, particularly for certain subsets of the population, according to a by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA). GHSA’s Spotlight on Highway Safety: Bicyclist Safety notes that yearly bicyclist deaths …
July 14, 2014
An Alabama state senator wants to require drivers to stay three feet away from bicyclists after a recent fatal crash. Republican state Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur told the Decatur Daily that he hopes lawmakers will approve a “three-foot bill” …
November 8, 2011
The death last month of a bicycle rider in a traffic accident has led city leaders in Oxford, Mississippi, to take a stronger look at bicycle safety. City Planner Tim Akers told the Oxford Board of Aldermen that police will …