Having grown up riding a bike, commuting to school and jobs on 2-wheels and racing in bike road races and time trials, I have seen some of the very best (and worst) of cycling. While most riders observe safety and common sense precautions, other riders and members of the peloton seem to want to increase…
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The Town of Herndon’s Mayor, the Herndon Bicycle Police and bike injury lawyer Doug Landau of the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU spoke to the Hutchison Elementary School’s sixth graders this afternoon in order to prevent needless head injuries and brain trauma. But there was more than just talk. Every single student was outfitted by…
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At Herndon Elementary School every sixth grader got a free bicycle helmet this morning. Over one hundred students were custom-fitted by members of both the Town of Herndon Police AND the Fairfax County Police. The children learned about bicycle safety, Virginia bike laws and brain injury prevention from law enforcement and legal professionals. Doug Landau…
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Just as being a good trial lawyer does not make me a good cyclist, being a strong cyclist does not automatically make one a terrific trial lawyer for injured bikers’ crash cases. I was sent information about a local lawyer who is supposedly a plaintiff’s personal injury trial lawyer and a Washington DC area bicycle…
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The 3 steps to preventing unnecessary head injury for kids on bikes are: have a helmet; have the helmet properly fitted; and wear it ! Just like the free helmet giveaway in Herndon, fitting young bikers with helmets in Maryland in order to protect young riders from preventable head injury was the goal of the…
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