ha, well, as it turns out, as a brain surgeon, I performed my own
surgery removing my brain and now I'm a lawyer. just kidding all you
lawyers out there. I only removed 1/2 my brain.
Kevin Dougherty wrote:
a lawyer now ? I thought you
told me you were a brain surgeon. :)
So, I was thinking more about the current law that is suppose to
consider a bicyclist the same as a car.... does that mean if I'm riding
by myself on a laned highway, and a car comes up behind me, that the
car can not legally pass me until they have a dotted white "passing
zone" ? I think one of the reasons I ride double file (besides the
social chit chatting) is that it forces the car to pass by traveling
into the opposite passing lane and this forces them to pass when no
other cars are approaching (even though they often pass crossing a
double yellow, I think breaking the law?). So, in my lawyer argument
mode, one of the reasons we ride two-abreast is because motorist don't
follow the passing law so we take matters into our own protection mode
by riding 2-abreast. Cause & effect.
So, extending the discussion, if the new law forces us to immediately
move to single file riding when a car approaches from behind, the
original question again is asked: Does that car have to wait until a
"legal" pass zone before passing, and then move out of "our" lane into
the passing lane?
Nick wrote:
Okay. I just spoke to Wil Neumann -- he was very defensive and said
"look it was just sent to committee" I need to gather more facts... I
asked him how this was going to make it safer for bikers. He said we
all need to share the road and cars can't travel two by two neither
should bike.
Perfect - baiting right? I then said - are you suggesting bikers have
a right to use the middle of road? He backed off the previous
statement and said he needed to talk to Nelson Cole. I thanked him
for being open to talking to voters and wished him good luck in
November. I told him he could expect a number of calls from concerned
cyclists across North Carolina....
If you want his direct number: 704-825-4077
On May 13, 4:13 pm, Nick <[email protected]> wrote
This bill can be found here:http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&...
I spoke to Legislative aid for Representative Nelson Cole (who
introduced the bill) and expressed my displeasure. She offered to
have Mr. Cole contact me and discuss the topic - we will see if he
does.
Call the people who are sponsoring this bill -- everyone of them is up
for re-election this year and remind them of that. Also call you
local representatives and tell them how you feel.
Representative Nelson Colehttp://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUser...
Representative Sandra Spaulding Hugheshttp://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUser...
Representative Wil Neumannhttp://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUser...
Representative Jane Whildenhttp://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/viewMember.pl?sChamber=H&nUser...
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