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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 1h

Story in @theglobeandmail.com about our client who was seriously injured near Ottawa. But for his daughter & our team he would have been deemed at fault. We used GPS data from his bike computer to prove the driver was at fault & police got it wrong:
www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...

Police initially put Ottawa cyclist at fault for devastating crash. His bike computer data changed that

GPS data from bike computers and smartphone apps and cameras is crucial to determining who is at fault and who can sue for damages

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 5h

For our cities, police and any other voices of authority.

Just want to get ahead of the kid shaming content that's coming this Halloween. @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social

4 kids in halloween costumes Road safety is your responsibility not theirs

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 1d

Toronto Friday: woman killed by motorist in crosswalk: share.google/V8MvWH8QDm28...

Toronto Police Monday:

Police office pull over and ticket working ebikers

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 3d

Cowards.

mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 3d

Bill 212 is jurisdictional overreach undermining local democracy. But the City of Toronto's position on new bike lanes that they need to wait for provincial regulations before proceeding is not aligned with the text of the legislation, @thekeenanwire.bsky.social

www.thestar.com/opinion/star...

Which doesn’t mean there’s nothing to be done. Council actually has a traffic-calming plan for Parkside that would involve infrastructure aimed at moderating drivers’ speeds. The holdup, Perks said, is that a key part of the plan is adding separated bike lanes.

“The province of Ontario has brought in legislation that makes it difficult to put bike lanes in,” Perks said, “and they have yet to promulgate the regulations for what municipalities need to do in order to satisfy them that a new bike lane is worthwhile.”

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 3d

Where else would they be?

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 4d

Thank god TPS is out in High Park all weekend (I'm assuming).

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 4d

For sure it does.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 4d

Another person walking, killed on the streets of Toronto, but sure speed cameras should be our focus...

www.thestar.com/news/gta/wom...

Woman dies after being struck in crosswalk by driver near Junction Triangle neighbourhood

The pedestrian, in her 70s, died in hospital Friday afternoon after she was hit in a crosswalk near Lansdowne and Lappin avenues. The driver stayed at the scene.

www.thestar.com

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GCAT @activeguelph.bsky.social · 4d

Come see some of our G-Cats next Saturday!

Transit Action Alliance of Guelph (TAAG) @taaguelph.bsky.social · 7d

Imagine Guelph in 10 years! ✨

Join Andrea Bidgood bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social & Christopher Greyson-Gaito cgreysongaito.bsky.social to explore how making #Guelph a Transit-Oriented Community will make our city better on October 18.

Info & Register taaguelph.com/summit

#FutureGuelph #TOD

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 6d

RELAX.

The @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social T-Shirt shop is now open with this and two other designs to start with.

Happy to have collaborated with TBL on these and really awesome that $5 from every shirt goes to a great org. bikinglawyermerch.myshopify.com

Person eating a white t shirt that says Relax, I’ll just be a minute. Image of a bike in front of two cars with person walking into shop

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Friends and Families for Safe Streets @ffsafestreets.bsky.social · 6d

Well, well, well. 👀

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 6d

Can you believe it? @cycletoronto.bsky.social wins 2025 "National Cycling Advocate of the Year" presented by @velocanadabikes.bsky.social for our fight and successful legal challenge of Bill 212. Proud to be joined on stage by Board director @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social and former ed Jared Kolb.

Dave Shellnutt, Michael Longfield, and Jared Kolb holding the National Cycling Advocate of the Year award

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 7d

An adult driver angry at a child they hit with their car.

Our car culture summed up in one video.

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 7d

Police in Airdrie, Alberta (just north of Calgary) say this driver hit a 17-year-old girl in a marked crosswalk, got out of the vehicle, and appeared to get upset at the teenager before driving away.

They released this video and are now trying to identify the driver.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 8d

“The simple slap on the wrist of the Highway Traffic Act ticket and penalty is not even administered. How crushing is that to somebody who remains off work after being injured by someone?,” Shellnutt said at the news conference.

www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Huge number of dropped charges at Ontario courts amounts to ‘lawlessness’: NDP

Hundreds of thousands of Highway Traffic Act (HTA) charges that were dropped last year are a sign Ontario’s justice system is failing to live up to its basic functions and puts Ontario on the road to ...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Jessica Smith Cross @jessiecatherine.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Clients of lobby firms connected to the premier and his nephew were given tens of millions from the Skills Development Fund.

Clients of Rubicon — a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager — got more than $100M, records show.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Clients of lobby firms connected to premier, his nephew given tens of millions in training funds

Groups represented by a lobbying firm owned by the premier’s campaign manager got more than $100 million in grant money, a Trillium analysis has found

www.thetrillium.ca

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 8d

Am I being detained or ticketed? No - Am I free to go?

Always keep in mind these guys are super dangerous.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 9d

From the @bicyclemayorguelph.bsky.social in CBC on Police enforcing against cyclists in Guelph: "Bidgood worries that the campaign unnecessarily targets cyclists rather than focusing on the root causes of safety issues, and points to the two recent deaths as well."

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Guelph police launch bike safety campaign for October | CBC News

Guelph police have launched a month-long campaign focused on bicycle safety. Officers will be connecting with cyclists directly to educate them about rules under the Highway Traffic Act. The move has ...

www.cbc.ca

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 9d

At that speed, yes you would kill someone.

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 9d

A vehicle registered to one of Doug Ford’s cabinet ministers blew past an automated speed camera, going 70 km/h in a 40 zone and netting a $450 fine.
globalnews.ca/news/1146373... @ColinDMello

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 9d

🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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mlongfield.bsky.social @mlongfield.bsky.social · 12d

Is this the part of the 1.5 km of work the Canadian engineering firm Stantec was hired by the province to help remove?

Asking for a friend (and professional engineers horrified that a "reputable" firm accepted this contract everywhere).

www.cycleto.ca/shame_on_you...

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 12d

So sorry friend.

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liseabetta.bsky.social @liseabetta.bsky.social · 12d

I got doored 12 years ago now. I was moving at a fast clip along a main road. I sustained a concussion, broke my nose, fractured my elbow, sprained my wrist and my knee and sustained multiple lacerations. You bet it matters, the asshole should've been charged, but like a coward, he took off.

The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 13d

"It’s really upsetting. It feels like it’s not a priority. Essentially, the driver, and the community, are being told that dooring someone doesn’t matter,” Dermody said. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Thousands of charges against drivers withdrawn in Ontario as critics decry system in ‘shambles’

Hundreds of thousands of charges against drivers, including careless driving, speeding, dooring and failing to stop, are being withdrawn before trial as one judge says Ontario’s provincial offences co...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Hyde Jr. @hyde-jr.bsky.social · 12d

Charges actually addressing public safety and a bunch are withdrawn

#acab #allcyclistarebeautiful #wekeepussafe #fckcrs #byebyemirror #1meteristhelaw

The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 13d

"It’s really upsetting. It feels like it’s not a priority. Essentially, the driver, and the community, are being told that dooring someone doesn’t matter,” Dermody said. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Thousands of charges against drivers withdrawn in Ontario as critics decry system in ‘shambles’

Hundreds of thousands of charges against drivers, including careless driving, speeding, dooring and failing to stop, are being withdrawn before trial as one judge says Ontario’s provincial offences co...

www.ctvnews.ca

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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 13d

And other drivers!

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