There has been a lot of discussion recently surrounding DC’s contributory negligence defense in personal injury actions and how it affects cyclists. The doctrine known as contributory negligence is recognized in only a handful of jurisdictions across the country...
A “sharrow”, or shared lane marking, is a symbol painted on roads to indicate that vehicles on the road should share the road with cyclists. Sharrows have been in DC since around 2008, but they have been used in Denver, Colorado since the 1990s. They were added in...
“Dooring” accidents occur when parked motorists open the car door into oncoming cycling traffic without looking and a cyclists collides with the door. This can result in terrible injuries, but dooring cases are very difficult for a number of reasons. The cyclist...