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

Ride of the Month: Chinook Pass and Mount Rainier

SR-410 over Chinook Pass skirts Mount Rainier with alpine meadows, evergreen forest, and the mountain filling your mirror. It opens once the snow clears, and it is one of the great rides in the Northwest.

Know Your Rights: Washington's Pure Comparative Rule

Washington uses pure comparative negligence, so you can recover even if you were partly at fault, reduced by your share. A partial-fault crash is still worth pursuing, so do not let an adjuster talk you out of a claim.

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