{"id":5044,"date":"2014-02-25T03:33:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T03:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/?p=5044"},"modified":"2014-02-25T03:33:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T03:33:55","slug":"another-chance-for-bike-safety-laws-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2014\/02\/25\/another-chance-for-bike-safety-laws-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Chance for Bike Safety Laws in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring we wrote about <a title=\"Virginia Ranks 16th for Bicycle Safety in the Nation\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2013\/05\/13\/virginia-ranks-16th-for-bicycle-safety-in-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virginia&#8217;s ranking<\/a> by the League of American Bicyclists as 16th in the nation for bike safety.\u00a0 Along with the ranking, the League recommended areas of improvement for the Commonwealth.\u00a0 In particular, three important bike safety bills were defeated during the 2013 legislative session in Virginia.\u00a0 Passing these bills into law would move the state further in terms of bike safety.<\/p>\n<p>In the current 2014 session, these same three bills have gotten a little farther, and have passed through their respective legislative bodies, crossing over for consideration by the &#8220;other side&#8221; !\u00a0 Once the bills have passed both the House and the Senate, they will become law.<\/p>\n<p>The three bills are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondsunlight.com\/bill\/2014\/hb82\/\" target=\"_blank\">HB 82 \u2014 Following Too Closely<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">This bill would require drivers of any vehicle to not follow more closely than is reasonable to any other vehicle, including bicyclists.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondsunlight.com\/bill\/2014\/sb97\/\" target=\"_blank\">SB 97 \u2013 Three Foot Passing Law<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">This bill requires motorists to leave three feet of clearance while passing bicyclists. 22 other states and Washington, DC that have similar statutes require motorists to pass by three feet or more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmondsunlight.com\/bill\/2014\/sb225\/\" target=\"_blank\">SB 225 &#8211; Opening and closing motor vehicle doors.<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">If this law is enacted, drivers and passengers in Virginia will be legally required to exercise care when opening their car doors with respect to adjacent traffic. Dooring of bicyclists by drivers and passengers can cause serious injury and this bill seeks to reduce the potential of dooring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><strong>UPDATE 2\/25\/14<\/strong> &#8211; SB225 was defeated 4-3 in a House transportation subcommittee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: right\"><em>Source:\u00a0 Washington Area Bicyclists Association (WABA)<\/em> website.<\/p>\n<p>At Abrams Landau, Ltd., bike accident attorney Doug Landau has represented cyclists who have been &#8220;doored,&#8221; run off the road, or even run over.\u00a0 Given the number of times we hear &#8220;Share the Road,&#8221; isn&#8217;t it time for the law to enforce the mantra?<\/p>\n<p>WABA has put together a <a title=\"WABA Support for Bicycle Safety Bills\" href=\"https:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/o\/451\/p\/dia\/action3\/common\/public\/?action_KEY=15090&amp;utm_source=Feb+20+,+2014&amp;utm_campaign=Feb+20,+2014&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">page on its website<\/a> to help interested citizens contact their elected officials to voice support for these bills.\u00a0 We encourage you to take advantage of this and advocate for passage of these bills into law!<\/p>\n<p>If you or someone you know has been injured in a bike accident, due to no fault of your own, and there are questions as to what laws apply, <a title=\"email front desk\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\/contact.asp\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> or call <a title=\"landau law shop web site\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landaulawshop.com\" target=\"_blank\">Abrams Landau, Ltd<\/a>. at once (703-796-9555).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring we wrote about Virginia&#8217;s ranking by the League of American Bicyclists as 16th in the nation for bike safety.\u00a0 Along with the ranking, the League recommended areas of improvement for the Commonwealth.\u00a0 In particular, three important bike safety bills were defeated during the 2013 legislative session in Virginia.\u00a0 Passing these bills into law&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landauinjurylaw.com\/theathleteslawyer\/2014\/02\/25\/another-chance-for-bike-safety-laws-in-virginia\/\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Another Chance for Bike Safety Laws in Virginia&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,23,101,723,802,874,1070,1594,1833,1834,1840,1876,2231,2536,3830,4270,5473,5475,5645,5670],"class_list":["post-5044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cases","tag-doored","tag-dooring","tag-abrams-landau","tag-best-virginia-bike-accident-lawyer","tag-bicycle-lane-dooring-lawyer","tag-bike-accident-lawyer-doug-landau","tag-bikes-and-cars-share-the-road","tag-cyclist-run-off-the-road","tag-doored-cyclist","tag-dooring-enforcement-law","tag-doug-landau","tag-driver-door-accident","tag-following-too-closely-to-a-bike","tag-herndon-bike-accident-lawyer","tag-opening-a-car-door-in-a-bike-lane","tag-reston-bike-accident-lawyer","tag-virginia-bike-crash-lawyer-landau","tag-virginia-bike-safety-laws","tag-waba","tag-washington-area-bicyclists-association"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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