Thursday, January 3, 2013
Delegate Tom Rust to hold Town Hall meetings
Delegate Rust will be holding three town hall meetings over the next couple of weeks. Del. Rust has opposed the three foot passing bill in the past. As we noted in an earlier post, this year Del. Lopez will be introducing two other bicycle-related bills, "following too close" "exercise due care" Virginia is one of only a few other states without these provisions. Why not attend one of these town hall meetings and ask Delegate Rust to support these bills?- Monday January 7th: Joint Town Hall with VDOT who will review snow removal plans.
- Time: 7:00 pm
- Where: Rachel Carson Middle School, 13618 McLearen Road, Herndon
- Saturday, January 12th:
- Time: 9:00 am
- Where: Town of Herndon, Mary Ingram Council Chambers, 765 Lynn Street
- Saturday, January 12th:
- Time: 11:00 am
- Where: Sterling Community Center, 120 Enterprise Street
- Following too close — banning motorists from tailgating/intimidating cyclists. See Talking points on Following Bicyclists Too Closelyfrom 2012
- Vulnerable road user protection, and/or due care. See Talking points on Exercise Due Care bill (HB 784)
Labels: delegate rust, due care, follow too close
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Three feet passing bill (SB 928) moves to House Trans Comm
Even though the three feet passing bill was defeated in the House, the Senate version, SB 928, was approved unanimously in the Senate and now moves to the House Transportation Committee. Please contact the Fairfax members of this committee to ask them to support SB 928.- Thomas Rust, Herndon, 804 698-1086, deltrust@house.virginia.gov
- Timothy Hugo, Centreville, 804 698-1040, delthugo@house.virginia.gov
- Barbara Comstock, Great Falls/McLean, 804 698-1034, delbcomstock@house.virginia.gov
- Eileen Filler-Corn, Burke, 804 698-1041, delefiller-corn@house.virginia.gov
Dear Delegate ,
I am writing to ask you to support SB 928 which requires motorists to allow 3 feet when passing bicyclists. Three feet is a much safer passing distance than 2 ft for a fast moving motor vehicle overtaking and passing a cyclist. I personally have been passed by too closely by motorists on numerous occasions. The distance is easy to measure as well, being approximately one arms length.
SB 928 passed the Senate by a vote of 40-0. Passage of the bill will encourage more courteous road use will be an opportunity to educate motor vehicle operators to allow for a wider margin of error when passing cyclists, and potentially reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries to cyclists.
Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia, have now adopted three feet to pass bills. Similar bills are pending in 7 states. The League of American Bicyclists has adopted this standard as one of the criteria for designating a state or city as "Bicycle Friendly." Please support the bill.
Sincerely,
I am writing to ask you to support SB 928 which requires motorists to allow 3 feet when passing bicyclists. Three feet is a much safer passing distance than 2 ft for a fast moving motor vehicle overtaking and passing a cyclist. I personally have been passed by too closely by motorists on numerous occasions. The distance is easy to measure as well, being approximately one arms length.
SB 928 passed the Senate by a vote of 40-0. Passage of the bill will encourage more courteous road use will be an opportunity to educate motor vehicle operators to allow for a wider margin of error when passing cyclists, and potentially reducing the number of fatalities and serious injuries to cyclists.
Eighteen states, plus the District of Columbia, have now adopted three feet to pass bills. Similar bills are pending in 7 states. The League of American Bicyclists has adopted this standard as one of the criteria for designating a state or city as "Bicycle Friendly." Please support the bill.
Sincerely,
Update: WABA has posted a message about SB 928 with an easy way to send a letter to the seven committee members from Northern Virginia to ask them to support the bill.
Labels: delegate comstock, delegate filler-corn, delegate hugo, delegate rust, three feet to pass
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
3-foot passing distance
From a WABA Action Alert sent out on Tuesday:We need your support today to help pass bicycle-friendly legislation in the Virginia House of Delegates. House Bill 1048 would change the minimum distance for passing a bicyclist to three feet, from the current two feet. Fifteen other states now have three feet to pass laws. HB 1048 also prohibits a motorist from following a bicyclist too closely, to prevent harassment by tailgating.
This bill will be heard in House Transportation Subcommittee 2 on Wednesday morning [didn't happen] so time is of the essence. Please call Delegate Tom Rust (R-Herndon) to express your support for the bill. His office number is 804-698-1086.
For more information on this, and other bicycle-related legislation proposed in the Virginia legislature, please visit our friends at the Virginia Bicycling Federation at www.vabike.org.
According to the latest legislative update from VBF, HB 1086 has not yet been hear in the House Transportation Committee. We just called Delegate Rust and we suggest other cyclists do as well.This bill will be heard in House Transportation Subcommittee 2 on Wednesday morning [didn't happen] so time is of the essence. Please call Delegate Tom Rust (R-Herndon) to express your support for the bill. His office number is 804-698-1086.
For more information on this, and other bicycle-related legislation proposed in the Virginia legislature, please visit our friends at the Virginia Bicycling Federation at www.vabike.org.
Labels: delegate rust, passing distance
