CABO » Safety/Education http://www.cabobike.org California Association of Bicycling Organizations Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:59:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Conviction of motorist for assaulting two cyclists in Mandeville Canyon http://www.cabobike.org/2009/11/03/conviction-of-motorist-for-assaulting-two-cyclists-in-mandeville-canyon/ http://www.cabobike.org/2009/11/03/conviction-of-motorist-for-assaulting-two-cyclists-in-mandeville-canyon/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:22:53 +0000 Dan Gutierrez http://www.cabobike.org/2009/11/03/conviction-of-motorist-for-assaulting-two-cyclists-in-mandeville-canyon/ The LA Times covered the conviction of an ER doctor who assaulted two cyclists in Mandeville Canyon last year in a case of road rage turned deadly:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-cyclist3-2009nov03,0,761131.story

The question has been asked by the press and local advocates, “What can we learn from this incident?”

Last year, shortly after the incident occurred, CABO VP, Brian DeSousa and CABO District 7 Director, Dan Gutierrez, made a quick turnaround video answer to this question in order to help local advocates brief Los Angeles City Council members on improved cyclist/motorist relations.

The key is to improve motorist/cyclist cooperation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKSVwhLMjBk

]]> http://www.cabobike.org/2009/11/03/conviction-of-motorist-for-assaulting-two-cyclists-in-mandeville-canyon/feed/ 0 Columnist Disparages Bicycling at Night http://www.cabobike.org/2008/12/10/columnist-disparages-bicycling-at-night/ http://www.cabobike.org/2008/12/10/columnist-disparages-bicycling-at-night/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:33:27 +0000 Brian DeSousa http://cabobike.org/blog/?p=16 This article was in the outdoor section of yesterday’s Orange County register.  It’s an article describing how to be safe while running at night – but did the author really have to disparage bicycling at night?  Here’s a video showing it can be done safely:

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