Friday, September 11, 2009

Be aware of cyclists!

This video refers to specific laws in Chicago. These all sound like reasonable laws and I assume that most cities have similar laws to some or most of these laws.

I think it being illegal for cars to turn right if front of a cyclist is so important that it should be "federal".

2 comments:

Rich said...

No right turn in front of cyclists is codified in the Uniform Vehicle Code, which means's it's almost certainly the law in all 50 states.

11-604.Turning movements and required signals
(a) No person shall turn a vehicle or move right or left upon a roadway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety nor without giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided.

http://pages.swcp.com/~nmts/laws/UVCBicycles.htm

It is the responsibility of the person making the turn to ensure that it is safe before doing so.

Rich said...

btw, what most states don't have is a '3 foot passing' law. 15 do: Arkansas, Florida, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Oregon, Illinois, Tennessee, Minnesota, Utah, Wisconsin, Arizona, Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana and Maine

I didn't notice anything else on there that wasn't the law in every state.