This Sunday, May 31, marks one year since Roseann Peiffer was killed. Her daughter Annmarie is now three years old and will only know her mom through videos, photos, and stories the people who loved her are left to tell. Michael is sharing their story—it's worth three minutes of your time.
This isn't an easy topic, but if you ride a bike on a road, any road, you should be aware and prepared.
People wake up in the ICU with no idea what happened to their bodies. Families are asked to make major medical and legal decisions in hospital waiting rooms without understanding what those decisions could mean months or years later. Survivors often learn too late that they signed paperwork or dealt with insurance in ways that hurt their recovery.
We created this guide for pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users who are seriously injured after being hit by a driver.
It’s over 90 pages long and built from the experiences of survivors and families who lived through these crashes themselves. The goal was to create the resource we wish people had immediately after a traumatic crash — covering medical systems, insurance, legal issues, documentation, recovery, and things people often don’t realize until it’s too late.
The guide is free, and it grows as survivors and advocates share more.
Even if you never need it yourself, maybe save it for someone who might one day.
This community understands something most people don't: the injury is only the beginning.
What comes after — the legal decisions, the insurance negotiations, the financial choices — happens while you're at your most vulnerable. Often while you're still unconscious by your family, or before you (or they) have any idea what your recovery is actually going to look like.
The White Line is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded after Magnus White, a 17-year-old cyclist, was killed by a reckless driver in Boulder, CO in 2023.
We built this guide because nobody hands it to you at the hospital. It's 90+ pages of knowledge and insight by survivors and advocates. It covers the first 72 hours, what your family should and shouldn't agree to before you're well enough to weigh in, and what rights you have as a pedestrian, cyclist, or runner seriously hurt by a driver.
It's free. It grows as we learn more — including from communities like this one.
https://www.thewhiteline.org/pages/major-injury-guide
If you've been through this and there's something we missed — something you wish someone had told you — we'd genuinely like to hear it in the comments. That's how the guide gets better.