Riding season is wide open. Here is what is on our radar this month.

Ride of the Month: The Gulf Coast Beach Road

AL-182 along Gulf Shores and Orange Beach gives you the Gulf on one side and the easy coastal cruise riders love. Go early before the beach traffic, and roll out to Fort Morgan for the quiet end of the peninsula.

Know Your Rights: Alabama's All-or-Nothing Fault Rule

Alabama is a pure contributory negligence state. If you are found even 1 percent at fault, you can recover nothing. That is why proving the other driver was entirely at fault, and getting a lawyer early, matters so much here.

Ride safe out there. The Rider Wire is a community newsletter from Ride Nation Alabama. General information, not legal advice.