{"id":186582683,"date":"2010-11-30T12:31:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T12:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186582683"},"modified":"2010-11-30T12:31:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-30T12:31:23","slug":"correction-of-senate-bill-51-requested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186582683","title":{"rendered":"Correction of Senate Bill 51 requested"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Recently in the Columbia Patch:<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"font-style: italic;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/billfile\/sb0051.htm\">Senate Bill 51<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\"><br \/>\n requires drivers to safely pass cyclists by maintaining a minimum<br \/>\ndistance of three feet, as long as the road is wide enough to safely do<br \/>\nso. In return, cyclists must stay to the right side of the road (or the<br \/>\nbike lane, if applicable) and maintain a steady course while the vehicle<br \/>\n passes<\/span>.&nbsp; <br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/columbia.patch.com\/articles\/a-spotlight-on-exercising-safely-in-the-dark\">https:\/\/columbia.patch.com\/articles\/a-spotlight-on-exercising-safely-in-the-dark<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on a DC area Law blog:<br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\"><strong>Senate Bill 51<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n<li>&#8220;Requires a driver of a vehicle to safely overtake a bicycle,<br \/>\nelectric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter<br \/>\nat a distance of at least three feet, unless at the time, the bicycle,<br \/>\nEPAMD,or motor scooter rider fails to ride to the right side of the<br \/>\nroadway, comply with a requirement to ride in a bike lane or shoulder,<br \/>\nor maintain a steady course.<\/li>\n<li>The passing rule under the bill also does not apply if the<br \/>\nhighway on which the vehicle is being driven is not wide enough to<br \/>\nlawfully pass the bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter at a distance of at<br \/>\nleast three feet.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/injurylaw.reganfirm.com\/2010\/10\/articles\/automobile-accidents\/marylands-new-bicycling-laws\/\">https:\/\/injurylaw.reganfirm.com\/2010\/10\/articles\/automobile-accidents\/marylands-new-bicycling-laws\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And in the Examiner:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Maryland enacts pathetic excuse for three feet passing law<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Senate Bill 51 requires a driver of a vehicle to safely overtake a<br \/>\nbicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor<br \/>\n scooter at a distance of at least three feet, unless at the time, the<br \/>\nbicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter rider fails to ride to the right side<br \/>\nof the roadway, comply with a requirement to ride in a bike lane or<br \/>\nshoulder, or maintain a steady course. The passing rule under the bill<br \/>\nalso does not apply if the highway on which the vehicle is being driven<br \/>\nis not wide enough to lawfully pass the bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter<br \/>\n at a distance of at least three feet.<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.examiner.com\/alternative-transportation-in-tulsa\/maryland-enacts-pathetic-excuse-for-three-feet-passing-law\">https:\/\/www.examiner.com\/alternative-transportation-in-tulsa\/maryland-enacts-pathetic-excuse-for-three-feet-passing-law<\/a><br \/>(Read this article how the above summary would be read from a windshield perspective, pretty horrifying for getting additional legal protection via this bill.) <\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">To the authors of the above articles<\/span> I would like to point out where we have the corrected summaries of laws:<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mva.maryland.gov\/Driver-Safety\/Bicycle\/default.htm\">https:\/\/www.mva.maryland.gov\/Driver-Safety\/Bicycle\/default.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and I will highlight:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n<li>Drivers shall exercise due care to <strong>avoid colliding<\/strong>\n<p> with any bicycle, Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device (EPAMD), or motor scooter being ridden by a person.<\/li>\n<li>The driver of a vehicle must <strong>not pass any closer than three (3) feet<\/strong> to a bicycle or motor scooter if the bicycle is operated in a lawful manner. It is not lawful to ride against traffic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As that is the summery of TR \u00a7 21-1209 which Senate Bill 51 modified.<br \/>As for a discussion what the heck do all those clauses mean in SB 51 see:<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorespokes.org\/article.php?story=20101005122814769\">https:\/\/www.baltimorespokes.org\/article.php?story=20101005122814769<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%; height: 2px;\" \/>To those working on correcting the summaries, per my Google search this is the offending document:<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/90-Day-report\/Part-G.pdf\">https:\/\/mlis.state.md.us\/2010rs\/90-Day-report\/Part-G.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Senate Bill<br \/>\n 51 (passed) requires a driver of a vehicle to safely overtake a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD), or a motor scooter at a distance of at least three feet, unless at the time, the bicycle, EPAMD, or motor scooter rider fails to ride to the right side of the roadway, comply with a requirement to ride in a bike lane or shoulder, or maintain a steady course. The passing rule under the bill also does not apply if the highway on which the vehicle is being driven is not wide enough<\/span><br style=\"font-style: italic;\" \/><br \/>Again let me express my displeasure on not mentioning this is in addition to exercising due care, how poorly a lawful riding cyclists is described, the selection of the secondary clause over the primary clause &#8220;less than 3 feet is caused solely by the bicyclist&#8221; and poorly summarizing the exception to an extremely rare road type both in occurrence and in conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>I hope that all official documents in<br \/>\n relation to our 3&#8242; safe passing distance bill will be corrected, thanks.<\/p>\n<div>BaltimoreSpokes.org<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently in the Columbia Patch:Senate Bill 51 requires drivers to safely pass cyclists by maintaining a minimum distance of three feet, as long as the road is wide enough to safely do so. In return, cyclists must stay to the right side of the road (or the bike lane, if applicable) and maintain a steady &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=186582683\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Correction of Senate Bill 51 requested&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186582683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-laws"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186582683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186582683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186582683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186582683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186582683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186582683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}