Community Corner
Stay-Clear of Cyclists Law to Go to Assembly Friday
A bill has passed the state senate requiring automobiles to pass no closer than three feet of bicyclists. The City of Los Angeles supports the proposed law, as do lots of local bike riders. Will it help protect riders? Give drivers headaches?
Several incidents have left bikers injured or dead. And last year right in Echo Park, there were fisticuffs at the as an auto brushed up against a biker-activist.
The proposed state law, making it a legal requirement for automobiles to give bicyclists a minimum clearance of three feet when passing, has the support of local cyclists, and the City of Los Angeles, which has been working closely with the California Bicycle Coalition to rally support for the legislation.
It was authored by Senator Alan Lowenthal of Long Beach.
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Read more about the bill in this posting from the California Bicycle Coalition.
SB 1464 has passed the state Senate and is up for a vote by the Assembly Friday. How would you urge our assembly members Mike Gatto and Gil Cedillo to vote?
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