Stories by Bob Mionske

• Posted: Fri, Sep 12th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - More rage
  Dear Readers, I'm going to take the unusual step of starting with the subject with which I usually close my columns. I would like to invite those of you can attend to visit with me at my next speaking appearance: Saturday, September 20, ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 29th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Summer of rage
  In my last Legally Speaking column, "Bikes vs. Cars," I recounted some of this summer’s more egregious road rage incidents between motorists and cyclists, all of which happened in rapid-fire succession over a period of ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 15th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Bikes v. cars
  To the casual observer, it may seem as though tempers have been rising along with the temperatures this summer, but as we’ll see, we know that the summer heat has nothing to do with it. Nevertheless, add higher gas prices, more bikes on the road, and — why not? — alcohol ...
• Posted: Fri, Aug 8th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Where's the justice?
  Bob,It is difficult to express my outrage after verifying the facts of the Autumn Growhowski story (See “When justice fails”). I find the collision (it should never be called an "accident") ...
• Posted: Fri, Jul 25th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - When justice fails
  Nineteen-year-old Autumn Grohowski was on her cell phone with her dad, just letting him know she would be home soon. It was June, a summer night in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and Autumn was approaching the trail she would take home. She was on her bike, and mindful of her safety, so ...
• Posted: Thu, Jul 10th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - A question of liability
  Bob,We have a little ride in Iowa called RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). A few years ago a cyclist hit a centerline crack and died. The widow sued the county, and a settlement out of court resulted in $300k to the widow.There were two accidents ...
• Posted: Fri, Jun 27th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Two-by-two
  Dear Bob,In Eau Claire, Wisconsin, during a ride on the last Friday of last month, 17 cyclists were ticketed for violating the two abreast statue by claims that they were impeding traffic. The tickets stated that the violation was of state statute 346.80(3) — impeding ...
• Posted: Thu, Jun 19th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Your papers, please
  Dear Readers,
• Posted: Thu, Jun 12th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Talking in Dodge
  Dear Readers,The response to From Tombstone to Dodge has been tremendous, some favorable, some not-so-favorable. So although I intended to discuss two more issues this week that were raised by Larimer ...
• Posted: Tue, Jun 3rd
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - From Tombstone to Dodge
  Dear Readers,
• Posted: Thu, May 22nd
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Nations within nations
  Bob,My question about the Shootout (see Shoot Out at the UA Corral) is that while the Tohono O'Odham deputy loves to enforce some tribal statute that I have never been able to find that requires single file riding, ...
• Posted: Fri, May 9th
  Legally Speaking with Bob Mionske - Rights and responsibilities
  Bob,I just got done reading your April 24th column on the Arizona Shootout Bike Ride . Let me say right off, that the Pima County Sheriff's deputy's actions were completely wrong. It's just dangerous, reckless, and ...