Q: Requiring drivers to vary lanes when passing a bicyclist? It’s insane. Folks may find yourself weaving backwards and forwards everywhere in the roads, inflicting way more crashes. Fewer lane modifications means visitors flows higher.
Paul Jacobs, Saratoga
A: AB 1909 would require motorists to vary lanes when passing a bicyclist, and would enable bicyclists to cross with the “Stroll” sign. The proposed new regulation has been met with concern and anger.
Q: No! Requiring autos to vary lanes is harmful for all. … AB 1909 can be a nightmare … combining the evil of the 3-foot move of bikes with the evil of transfer over or decelerate. Repeal the unhealthy legal guidelines, don’t lengthen their evil. …
It’s lots of work maintaining observe of a bike owner that you just’re sharing the street with, or repeatedly passing, and now you must change lanes in entrance of different automobiles? This could sluggish auto visitors, as automobiles should look ahead to an opportunity to vary lanes every time a bicyclist is current.
Darlene Brannen, Susan Hunts, David P., Lyn Hood, Lynne Ellinwood, and quite a few others
A: Now on to a different proposed invoice.
Q: AB 2264 doesn’t handle the most important downside of right-turn-on-red drivers wanting left and turning proper. It makes it worse. At the least when right-turners have the inexperienced, they're often wanting the best way they're going. With an extended purple, drivers can be wanting left for an extended time when pedestrians are within the kill zone.
I’ve ridden bicycles, bikes and automobiles for over 100,000 miles every within the Bay Space, and stroll day-after-day, so I view these proposed legal guidelines from many sides.
David P., Mountain View
A: And …
Q: I strongly disagree with Joseph from San Carlos. Pace cameras solely take your image when you're dashing. For those who don’t need your image taken, don’t pace. This can be a very totally different scenario from license plate readers that observe all automobiles happening a selected avenue.
Additionally, anyone going 26 miles an hour over the pace restrict ought to have their automotive run by way of a crusher.
Thom Mayer
A: And the remark…
Q: As a part of the change in guidelines permitting cyclists to deal with cease indicators as yields, we additionally want to provide cyclists proper of method over pedestrians. That is the case in nations just like the Netherlands the place biking is a serious mode of transportation. This alteration in considering is a part of the method of contemplating cyclists as a prioritized a part of the transportation system, fairly than folks out having enjoyable. A bike owner can not cease (or begin) on a dime in the best way a pedestrian can.
Kathryn Henkens
A: Thanks to your enter.
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