Utah cyclist goes after 3-foot violator

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Utah cyclist goes after 3-foot violator

par Oyez Oyez » Jeu Mars 06, 2008 9:30 am

[img:181:129]http://www.bikingbis.com/_photos/3feet.sized.jpg[/img]Not to belabor the issue of laws that require motorists to give bicycle riders 3 feet when passing, but there's always the question of enforcement once the law is passed.

Here's a story passed along to me from Utah about a cyclist who took matters into his own hands after a passenger in a close-passing pickup swiped him with his hand.

Startled, Jason Bultman still had the presence of mind to copy down the license plate. Police followed up and the Salt Lake City prosecutor's office filed charges in February, making the first prosecution of the 3-foot passing law enacted two years earlier.

If successful, it might empower many other harassed bicyclists to file reports with police. ...

Author: Gene Bisbee
Category: Main Page Bicycle Advocacy
Publish Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:00:00 -0800



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