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Originally Posted by Flames0910
The province and Calgary, Edmonton, etc. just announced that they'll be working together on a bike law review. Apparently Idaho stops are on the table (but who knows what else, article is pretty vague).
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/lo...906/story.html
My wish list:
1) Presumed liability for drivers
2) Legalize the Idaho stop
3) Minimum passing distance
Cycling corridors that connect urban pathways to nearby communities would also be amazing, but the article makes it sounds like more of a legislative review than potential infrastructure program. |
#2 - I definitely understand and agree with. In fact, I'd say a good 90% of the stop signs in this city should be switched to yields for everyone (bikes and cars).
#3 - I'm not really sure what you mean by this, but I assume you mean a minimum distance between a car and a bike as the one passes the other?
If so, I don't see a point to this. No one is going to give someone a ticket because they left a 40cm gap instead of a 50cm gap for a few reasons. 1) there is no damage to either party (so who cares), and 2) there is absolutely no way to measure the gap as vehicles pass each other. Every ticket would get thrown out.
#1 - I hope I am misinterpreting what you mean by this, as it is straight-up ridiculous. I had to google this to make sure it was as stupid as it seemed to be. Every single reference to it that I could find was from some hipster blogger who argued that cars should be deemed at fault automatically because they are bigger. They then tried to argue that it wasn't any different from strict liability offences (which is also horse####).
We already have two different systems that determine who is at fault in an accident: if insurance is involved then the fault determination rules that insurance companies set up are followed, if not, then the courts determine. If cyclists want to use the quicker, streamlined insurance system, then all they have to do it obtain insurance. Like a car.
But you definitely don't get to cause an accident and have the fault automatically fall to the car (because they are big and scary).