ATSB Road Safety Report: Deaths of cyclists due to road crashes - July 2006
Abstract: The report gives an overview of the circumstances of road crashes in which cyclists died in the period 1991 to 2005 and provides more detail for 1996 to 2004, the latest period for which detailed data were available. It examines the […]

Adelaide Advertiser: Hit-run widow in law plea - 31 July, 2006
The widow of cyclist Ian Humphrey has welcomed tough new penalties for dangerous drivers, but says it highlights the need for a law reform commission. Di Gilcrist-Humphrey, whose husband was killed after being hit by lawyer Eugene McGee, says the new laws are “a case […]

News: SA’s most dangerous drivers to face “life” - 30 July, 2006
Hon Michael Atkinson MP, Attorney-General Minister for Justice Minister for Multicultural Affairs: New laws come into force today that could see some of South Australia’s most dangerous drivers facing life in prison for dangerous driving and hit-run offences. The Rann […]

Adelaide Advertiser: Dangerous drivers face life in jail - 30 July 30, 2006
Drivers who kill or seriously injure a person could face life behind bars under new laws in South Australia. And they could also be disqualified from driving for ten years after completing any jail term. Motorists who kill or seriously […]

ABC Regional: Hit-run death laws toughened - 30 July, 2006
New laws come into effect today in South Australia that could see motorists jailed for life if they kill or seriously injure someone while driving. Before today, people who failed to stop at an accident after killing someone faced a maximum penalty of one year in […]

As you can read, there’s plenty of cycling news on this website, so please feel free check under these categories for recent updates: Positive Spin :: Opinion Pieces/Articles :: Cyclist Incidents :: Road Safety Issues
Wheels of Justice joins the Bicycle Federation of Australia
Wheels of Justice are joining the BFA as a member organisation. We look […]

From WomensCycling.com.au: Poll: What do you think about the Amy Gillett Foundation Advert?

Rosemarie writes: “The Amy Gillett Foundation launched a TV campaign to promote and foster respect between motorists and cyclists. The advert is being screened as community services advert on Channel 10. Anyone who has not seen it and or want to see […]

NewWest: Taking a Giant Step Toward Solving the Conflict Between Cyclists and Motorists - 27 July, 2006
Signs of the times going up in Lewis and Clark County. Lewis and Clark County in central Montana has taken a step forward in solving the growing conflict between road cyclists and motorists. Hopefully, it will spread like those […]

CenterLines No. 154: - 28 July, 2006
CenterLines is the bi-weekly e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking. CenterLines is our way of quickly delivering news and information you can use to create more walkable and bicycle-friendly communities. Check online for additional stories: http://www.bikewalk.org/newsletter.php
CenterLines is also available as a podcast. Go to: http://www.bikewalk.net/podcasts. […]

Inebriated Columnist vs. Kamikaze Jerks - 27 July, 2006
Last week, columnist Steve Dunleavy used his 400-word rant-space in the New York Post to urge the city’s cab riders and motorists to throw open their car doors in front of “pedal punks” riding their “maiming machines,” and, “take back the streets” from bike-commuting “kamikaze jerks.” City […]

Seattle Weekly: Breaking the Vicious Cycle - 26 July, 2006
Seattle has a reputation as a cycling paradise, but there’s a lot that has to be done before bike commuting is truly viable for regular folks. Maybe it was the most recent $50 fill-up for your supposed economy car that did it. Or the […]

Hi Fellow Bicyclistas,
For the past year BISA has been negotiating with a Transport department design team on a replacement structure for the dilapidated and dangerous Bakewell Bridge on the Western perimeter of Adelaide’s City Centre. This has resulted in a grand underpass (that is, the main arterial road will pass under a rail track and […]

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Give cyclists a fair share of the road - 27 July, 2006
I am a bicycle rider. If given a choice of taking my car or my bike the 10 miles down the road to my destination, I will pick my bike any time. In this time of high gasoline prices, it […]

DIER: Road Safety Strategy Feedback Form
What issues do you think need to be addressed to improve road safety in Tasmania? It is time for the Department of Infrastructure, Energy & Resources to develop a new Tasmanian Road Safety Strategy to guide activities to reduce the number and severity of crashes on Tasmanian roads. The Tasmanian […]

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Forging a peace plan between cyclists and drivers - 26 July, 2006
Drivers hate cyclists because, it seems, they’re always flagrantly disobeying the law, running red lights and stop signs, but most of all because in doing so they slow down traffic and force cars to brake and swerve when […]

Seattle Weekly: Tips for Beginning Bike Commuters: What you need to know to get started - 26 July, 2006
Figuring out a route
Sometimes the best way to get to work is not necessarily the shortest or fastest. Most cyclists start out finding the quickest route, or the one best supported by infrastructure such as bike lanes […]

Islington Gazette News: New court sentences cyclists to bus or train - 26 July, 2006
Bike-riding barrister Ralph Smyth has nowhere to park his bike at the new Gee Street County Court
Cyclists are mounting a campaign for bike parking outside a new court in Finsbury. Gee Street County Court has just opened its doors in […]

A Register-Guard Editorial: A Cyclists here to stay - 26 July, 2006 (Also refer to these previous WoJ posts on Jane Higdon)
Some of the positive change Sen. Floyd Prozanski hoped for has already occurred along the narrow, twisting rural road where 47-year-old Eugene bicyclist Jane Higdon was killed by a logging truck on May 31. […]

Register Guard: Territorial bicycle safety solutions under study - 25 July, 2006. (Also refer to these previous WoJ posts on Jane Higdon)

Public efforts are under way to improve safety along Territorial Highway southwest of Eugene, where a bicyclist was killed by a passing truck in May. But there are pointed and divergent opinions about safety […]

South Warwickshire: Young cyclists to learn road savvy - 25 July, 2006
Young cyclists will have an opportunity to improve their cycling skills and undergo on-road training during the summer holidays. Warwickshire County Council’s cycle training scheme has trained 14,000 children over the past five years, with all Warwickshire schools being offered training courses. But […]