If you're looking to take your interest in bicycling to a professional level, here are some advocacy jobs I've stumbled across recently. The positions in Burlington, Vermont, Napa County, California, and Washington DC all require an interest in cycling, as well as experience in other administrative duties....   more »

"It is incomprehensible that (Gail) Alef's life ... should be worth only 15 to 20 months in the eyes of our state."

That's not me talking. That's the outraged judge quoted in the Seattle Times after sentencing a man to the maximum in a vehicular homicide case.

The 59-year-old man admitted he had consumed alcohol, taken anti-depressants, and smoked marijuana the night before he swerved across a Redmond, Washington, road in 2005 and hit bicyclist Gail Alef (above), who later died.

The man, Steven Edward Reidel, took off running. When police arrested him ...   more »

This case sends shivers up my spine.

Roger Kramer's Favorite Cycling Tours passes along the news article about a 19-year-old Illinois woman who pleaded guilty last week to the "petty offense" of hitting a bicyclist with her car while she was distracted by downloading ringtones to her cell phone.

The driver had veered so far off the road that she struck 25-year-old Matthew Wilhelm from behind the driver's side of the car, reported the Champaign (Illinois) News-Gazette. Wilhelm died a few days later. The charge against the driver, Jennifer Stark: improper lane usage. ...   more »