Caption: Relating to the operation of a motor vehicle passing a pedestrian or a person operating a bicycle in certain municipalities; creating a criminal offense.
Initially Referred to House Transportation Committee, chaired by a RepublicanGAWTP Priority #1: Liberty Bills OPPOSED
RPT Priority #8: End Federal Overreach OPPOSED
TURF Priority #1: Freedom to Travel OPPOSED Terri Hall:
"Increases passing distance required to pass a bicyclist/pedestrian to minimum of 3 feet. If a commcercial truck, it must allow 6 feet in order to pass, which would require the truck to change lanes (since most streets/lanes are 10-12 feet wide). In practicality, this will cause congestion in auto lanes by forcing all cars/trucks slow down to provide a buffer and potentially vacate the lane closest to the cyclist (depending on the width of the street). Forcing traffic into a condensed number of lanes will jam up our roads and cause auto accients as motorists suddenly change lanes in unsafe conditions in order to avoid a traffic violation. " |
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