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I’m a neurosurgeon. Motorcycle helmets should not be optional.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (680+ words) Regarding the Aug. 11 Metro article “Motorcycle helmets to become optional?”: I am a neurosurgeon, and I find the proposed federal legislation to abolish D.C.’s universal motorcycle helmet requirement troubling. The proposal is remarkably difficult to reconcile with decades…...
I’m a neurosurgeon. Trust me, motorcycle helmets should not be optional.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (682+ words) Regarding the Aug. 11 Metro article “Motorcycle helmets to become optional?”: I am a neurosurgeon, and I find the proposed federal legislation to abolish D.C.’s universal motorcycle helmet requirement troubling. The proposal is remarkably difficult to reconcile with decades…...
An Electric Motorcycle Revolution
1+ week, 6+ day ago (866+ words) I went to Pakistan last month to write an article about the country’s electric motorcycle boom. I visited showrooms, toured an assembly plant and interviewed company founders and would-be bike buyers. As the trip neared its end, I figured I’d…...
GOP lawmakers move to scrap D.C.’s motorcycle helmet law as road deaths rise
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (835+ words) Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would prohibit Washington from requiring motorcyclists to wear a helmet, raising concerns among road safety experts and marking what some say is another attempt by federal lawmakers to interfere in D.C. affairs. Van Orden…...
After Deadly E-Bike Crashes, N.Y. Lawmakers Consider Crackdown
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1027+ words) New York City legislative leaders are expected on Tuesday to announce a long list of proposed rules designed to better govern the use of electric bikes and scooters and crack down on illegal vehicles after a series of fatal crashes....
Charlie Cunningham, Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (669+ words) Charlie Cunningham, a pioneer of modern mountain biking who viewed bicycles as a means of combining technology and nature in a friendly symbiosis that the automobile could never match, died on June 2 in San Anselmo, Calif., north of San Francisco....
Ann-Margret still chasing speed at 85, says she’s never once been scared on a bike
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (919+ words) At 85, Ann-Margret still has a need for speed. The “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Viva Las Vegas” legend is opening her personal archives to fans, partnering with Julien’s Auctions to sell cherished keepsakes, household items and glamorous Bob Mackie-designed costumes beginning…...
California’s new Hells Angels: Teens on e-bikes cut a path of danger
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1839+ words) Signs of the exploding popularity of e-bikes are everywhere. Riders are showing up in massive groups at the beach, kids are popping wheelies on quiet residential roads and scores of others are showing up in emergency rooms with cuts, broken…...
As Easy as Riding a Bike? Adult Learners Give It a Try.
3+ mon, 12+ hour ago (1201+ words) At age 6, Stephanie Yeh was riding a bike with training wheels near her North Carolina home when she suddenly careened down a hill. She squeezed the brakes, flew over her handlebars and landed facedown on the street, narrowly missing a…...
Amazon halts high-speed e-bike sales in California following fatal crashes
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (400+ words) Orange County’s top prosecutor said Amazon has agreed to stop California sales of certain e-bikes that can go faster than state speed limits following a series of fatal collisions. The announcement, first reported by KCRA, comes on the heels of…...