Blog Posts in November, 2011
Posted on Nov 30, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM James Estrin/The New York TimesSafety-warning poems / sprouting from city sign poles / look for one near you. Look! It's a street sign with a haiku underneath. They are new, ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
What happens to a bicycle when it gains an electric motor? Is it still a bicycle? Is it a scooter? Or is a different beast entirely, a patched-together monstrosity with no place on the road? The legal ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Charles Astor, 4, amid the new traffic barrels set up in Prospect Park. Collisions have left two pedestrians badly injured. By J. DAVID GOODMAN On a stretch of Prospect Park 's main drive, bright ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Ever been doored? It is actually illegal By Andreas on 15/11/2011 in Safe cycling in London I was once witness to a car dooring. My friend was pedalling past stationary traffic less than a metre ahead ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Steps to keep in mind if you are ever involved in an accident By Andreas on 21/09/2010 in Safe cycling in London It's a horrible thought, but it is far better to be aware of the steps needed if you ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
A Room of Their Own for 2-Wheeled Commuters Dave Sanders for The New York Times Jordan Mokriski in the bike storage room of the Starrett-Lehigh Building, where he works. The room holds about 150 ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Diverse Consequences Arising From State Medical Indemnity Fund Lawrence Knipel New York Law Journal November 15, 2011 In recent years, states across our nation have increasingly focused on legislation ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Salvaging Abandoned Bikes, Making Room for Others CRAMPED AREAS Bicycle rooms have become a lure for many apartment hunters in the city, but many bikes are left behind in them, often for years. By J. ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
The Pedestrian Loses the Way By CHRISTOPHER GRAY Published: November 10, 2011 IN the future, perhaps our time will be known as the first decade of the Bicycle Wars, with righteous armies fighting over ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Long v. Massapequa Union Free School District NASSAU COUNTY Torts New York Law Journal November 10, 2011 Justice Ute Wolff Lally Long, a student, sought to recover money damages for personal injuries ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Act Fast to Save Sight if Signs of Danger to the Retina Appear By JANE E. BRODY The eyes may be windows to the soul, but the retina is the brain's window to the world. When the retina is injured, ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Pleasures of Life in the Slow Lane By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN Published: November 7, 2011 New Yorkers should love bicycling. We're control freaks. We want to get from here to there in a New York minute and ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
For James Michael Taylor, an evening bath became a death sentence. Multimedia Deaths in Care: 16 Cases Investigating Deaths in State and Privately-Run Homes The Death Files The Death of James Taylor ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Dan Flanzig
Hospital Ordered to Produce Data on Computer Diagnosis New York Law Journal November 02, 2011 Joan Bowman, as the Administrator De Bonis Non of the Estate of Michael E. Bowman, Plaintiff v. St. ...
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