The mayor introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would slap fines ranging from $150 to $500 on motorists who turn left or right in front of someone on a bicycle; pass with less than three feet of space between car and bike; and open a vehicle door into the path of a cyclist.
Daley, an avid rider, said he personally has been involved in unhappy encounters with motorists, providing them with "a few choice words" and "salutes" that he said were delivered "in the Chicago way."
couldn't, wouldn't happen in Australia
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The mayor introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would slap fines ranging from $150 to $500 on motorists who turn left or right in front of someone on a bicycle; pass with less than three feet of space between car and bike; and open a vehicle door into the path of a cyclist.
Daley, an avid rider, said he personally has been involved in unhappy encounters with motorists, providing them with "a few choice words" and "salutes" that he said were delivered "in the Chicago way."
couldn't, wouldn't happen in Australia
Its in place here.
You can't open a door into the path of another vehicle in australia anyway, besides other bits are road rules.
The mayor introduced an ordinance Wednesday that would slap fines ranging from $150 to $500 on motorists who turn left or right in front of someone on a bicycle; pass with less than three feet of space between car and bike; and open a vehicle door into the path of a cyclist.
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Daley, an avid rider, said he personally has been involved in unhappy encounters with motorists, providing them with "a few choice words" and "salutes" that he said were delivered "in the Chicago way."
couldn't, wouldn't happen in Australia
We don't need to pass laws for the three things mentioned above, all three are *already* against the law in Australia.
However, as for *observing* the law and *enforcing* the law, well that's two different things...
We don't need to pass laws for the three things mentioned above, all three are *already* against the law in Australia.
However, as for *observing* the law and *enforcing* the law, well that's two different things...
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Good Point! Eveyone knows of someone or possibly themselves has been fined for an offence in a car, but has anyone ever heard of a motorist actually being pulled over and fined for passing a cyclist too close? I'm not talking about motorist fined after hitting a cyclists but just for passing too close. After all it is the law. Apparently.
Good Point! Eveyone knows of someone or possibly themselves has been fined for an offence in a car, but has anyone ever heard of a motorist actually being pulled over and fined for passing a cyclist too close? I'm not talking about motorist fined after hitting a cyclists but just for passing too close. After all it is the law. Apparently.
"Rule 144 A driver overtaking a vehicle- a) must pass the vehicle at a sufficient distance to avoid a collision with the vehicle or obstructing the path of the vehicle; and b) must not return to the marked lane or line of traffic where the vehicle is travelling until the driver is a sufficient distance past the vehicle to avoid a collision with the vehicle or obstructing the path of the vehicle"
No mention of a 1 metre space in the road rules that I could find. This is a recommendation I believe, and would be impossible to enforce, without a camera on every car!
However the rules on double lines in the country - now there's a law that 95% of drivers break when overtaking cyclists. Very easy to enforce with police presence! Interesting too that drivers changing lanes (ie. overtaking a cyclist on a multilane road) are required to change lanes fully - none of this moving out half a lane to cut by a cyclist.
