freaky_mati
10.06.08, 13:27
Poniżej zamieszczam artykuł z Południowej Karoliny, który dał mi nadzieję, że przyszłość dla rowerzystów może być lepsza. Kto wie, może w Polsce takie rozporządzenia też się pojawią. Poniżej odnośnik i artykuł (po angielsku).
www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080609/NEWS01/806090318/1001
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Bike riders may get new protection
A bill on Gov. Mark Sanford's desk would provide new protections for bicyclists as skyrocketing gas prices make it increasingly attractive to park the car and start pedaling.
About 482,000 adults in the state ride a bike each month, and the number is expected to rise, said Palmetto Cycling Coalition executive director Natalie Cappuccio-Britt, one of the bill's chief supporters.
"More and more people are going to start riding bicycles," she said. "A lot of these people are going to be doing it because they don't have a choice."
The package Sanford is considering would lay out new rules about where cyclists are allowed to ride and throw out a decades-old law requiring that bicycles have a bell or some other noisemaker.
Taunting, harassing or throwing objects at bicyclists would become a misdemeanor that could result in fine of at least $250 and up to 30 days in jail.
Tom Harriz, who rides with a group in southern Greenville County, said drivers ought to know that they could face stiffer penalties for harassing cyclists.
"People honk at us when they pass because they're irritated by our being there," he said. "People have had things thrown at them."
Rep. Garry Smith, a Simpsonville Republican, said the bill he co-sponsored "gives cyclists the assurance they're going to be treated equally on the road."
The bill is going to Sanford, an avid bicyclist, who will "be taking a close look at it over the next few days," said his spokesman, Joel Sawyer.
Drivers would be prohibited from blocking bicycle lanes and would have to maintain a "safe operating distance" from riders. Violators who do great bodily injury to cyclists would face fines up to $1,000.
The bill would require bicycle riders to use hand signals when turning, slowing or stopping unless they need the hand to control the bike. Violators would face a fine up to $25.
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