Sam Ollinger | December 14, 2009
Last Friday, Andrew Woolley received the response from the City Attorney’s office. As Kathy Keehan, Executive Director of the SDCBC says, the City Attorney has finally taken a formal position on CVC 21202 (a).
This reversal comes after a Traffic Court Judge stated that Woolley should have been riding along the right lane curb. This [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 12, 2009
I’ll just quote briefly from the City Attorney’s Response:
The evidence at trial established that at the time of the citation traffic was moving very slowly, creeping along, and that Appellant was riding to the left of the traffic in the number two lane, passing the slow-moving cars. The officer cited Appellant for failing to ride [...]
Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | December 11, 2009
There’s something to be said for early Monday mornings, out on the streets. In a car it’s a singular quiet focus. But on the bike, it’s as if you’re waking up with a familiar stranger. In the fall, just after the imposing of daylight savings time, you can glide into a city that is [...]
Thomas Bahde | December 11, 2009
I recently went shopping for new front and rear bicycle lights so that my wife and I could both be fully lighted for Saturday’s Tweed Ride. Because I ride relatively short distances at night, and don’t do it that often, I primarily need my lights to be seen, rather than to see where I’m going.
Looking [...]
Thomas Bahde | December 11, 2009
It has been more than a month since a marked SDPD cruiser struck and killed avid bicyclist Walter Freeman in University City. No information has been forthcoming from the SDPD regarding the results of their investigation, which they initially promised would be completed and released within a week of the incident. Below is the e-mail [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 10, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
By Carly Studer
Just when San Diegans thought that they would never have a chance to wear that tweed jacket or scarf they bought on impulse, a community event is coming to San Diego to prove them wrong. TWEED RIDE is a bicycling community event where San Diego cyclists forego lycra and don their [...]
Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | December 10, 2009
Hello, my name is William. You could label me the average person, and you’d be right. In fact, as extremes go, it’s accurate to say that a person such as myself is the bland chicken soup of cycling. The avoiding-chicken-soup of cycling. The anti-extremism of cycling. Just someone who [...]
Thomas Bahde | December 9, 2009
Consider this a good warm-up for the 1st Annual San Diego Tweed Ride.
In recognition of the anniversary of the Declaration of Human rights, this month’s bike blast is sponsored by the City Heights Human Rights organization. We will meet at the City Heights Farmer’s Market at 43rd and Wightman at 10 AM: bring a bell [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 9, 2009
Andrew Woolley sent us the Opening Brief to his Appeal [pdf link] stating that he did not violate CVC 21202(a).
Woolley also added:
I am awaiting the City Attorney’s Respondent’s Brief. I will have the opportunity to issue a Reply Brief within 20 days of receipt of the Respondent’s Brief. The City Attorney has 30 [...]
Sam Ollinger | December 8, 2009
California’s Vehicle Code 21202 (a) states:
21202. (a)Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations:
(1) When [...]
