Motorists who knock down and kill cyclists will face longer jail sentences following the publication of new rules for judges. The Sentencing Council, which provides guidance for judges, published guidelines last week which said killing a cyclist would become a serious “aggravating factor” if a motorist is convicted of causing death by dangerous driving. Among…

Road laws should be changed so that cyclists have to abide by 20 mph speed limits or face penalties, UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has proposed. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Shapps said he would “absolutely propose extending speed limit restrictions to cyclists.” He said it “cannot be right” that there is no…

A group of Texas cyclists flagged down by a concerned passerby on a morning ride stopped to investigate, and ended up saving a  stranded dog in despair from a concrete bridge support beam, 20 feet off the ground. Texas-born Abbey Robinson, 45, had joined a spontaneous ride with six cyclists from her hometown of Fort Worth…

WARSAW, Poland—The driver of a car slammed into a group of 14 cyclists in a village south of Warsaw Wednesday, leaving one person dead and several others seriously injured, Polish media reported, citing rescue officials. The driver fled. Police were searching for the driver of the car, Łukasz Darmofalski, an official with firefighters, told the…

MULBERRY, Ark.—A wrong-way driver on Interstate 40 in western Arkansas collided with a group of motorcyclists, killing three people from Louisiana and injuring six others, according to Arkansas State Police. Patricia Lemar, 44, of Slidell, Louisiana; Leonard Lemar Jr., 46, of Slidell; and Malinda Shano, 50 of Terrytown, Louisiana, died in the crash near Mulberry…

HOLBROOK, Ariz.—A man accused of plowing his pickup truck into a group of bicyclists taking part in a race has been indicted on aggravated assault and other charges. Shawn Michael Chock, 36, was indicted earlier this week on nine counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and one count each of fleeing an accident…