I got this off the Chapel Hill Cycling group...
Ok how do we fight it??? Contact these elected officials directly to voice your dis approval Speaker of the house: Joe Hackney http://bit.ly/dgZbG9 (He happens to represent our neck of the woods as well) Other local house members: Bill Faison http://bit.ly/cPQwub Verla Insko http://bit.ly/anl3mb State Senate: Marc Basnight - President Pro Tempore - http://bit.ly/bgSbYo Local Senator for Orange Eleanor Kinnaird - http://bit.ly/blqImu Durham - Chatham Bob Atwater - http://bit.ly/9hh4by Durham Floyd McKissick - http://bit.ly/bACGje On May 11, 9:43 pm, "mary dorsey" <[email protected]> wrote: > Have any of you all heard of this piece of legislation? > > I haven't but wanted to forward it on. Perhaps someone knows more than I. > > mary > > _____ > > Subject: Proposed NC law to restrict/kill group rides > > Matt's mention of the Tuesday ride prompts me to note that fans of > that ride, as well as the P ride or just about any group ride should > have their eye on a piece of legislation that just got proposed in the > NC house. You can read the text of the proposed amendment here: > > http://blogs. > <http://blogs.newsobserver.com/crosstown/legislation-would-boost-motor... > everage-with-tow-truckers-and-with-bicyclists?storylink=misearch#ixzz0naAfL M > gg> > newsobserver.com/crosstown/legislation-would-boost-motorists-leverage-with- t > ow-truckers-and-with-bicyclists?storylink=misearch#ixzz0naAfLMgg > > This law would kill most group rides. It makes it illegal for cyclists to: > > - ride more than two abreast, even temporarily (like dropping off the > front) and even if the road is totally empty > > - ride more than one abreast when there is faster car traffic on the > road. If you're on the front, you're there for good, and if fast > cyclists encounter slow cyclists, they *can't* pass, so that cars > *can* > > - "impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic," thereby > letting us know what the bill's authors think of bike traffic -- we're > unnormal and unreasonable > > For the first time *ever* in NC vehicle law, the amendment would: > > - create a special sub-class of vehicle users, namely cyclists, with > more limited rights than other classes. The rest of the vehicle code > treats all road users the same, with the same rights and > responsibilities. > > - revoke cyclists' rights to the full lane when needed, with no > qualifications mentioned for safety, lane conditions, whether we're > about to take a left turn, or any of the other nuances in similar > parts of the vehicle code. > > - place the responsibility to ensure that a pass is safe on the > overtaken vehicle (the cyclist) rather than the overtaking one > > - penalize vehicle operators (cyclists) for their behavior as a group > rather than individuals: cars aren't required to make sure that other > cars follow the speed limits, but cyclists would be required to make > sure that other riders move over, or the entire group is punished > > Some of the things the amendment outlines are, indeed, examples of > good road courtesy on the part of cyclists, but there's a reason we > don't usually try to legislate courtesy -- legislation is too > heavy-handed a tool for this application. What we're really seeing, > it seems to me, is an ignorance on behalf of the bill's author (a > retired auto dealer) to acknowledge that two- or even three-abreast > often *is* the safest and easiest way -- for cars as well as cyclists > -- to co-exist on the road. 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