VA Bill SB 101 Pedestrians

[Allen J. Muchnick]

SB 101 (Pedestrians), patroned by Senator Jeannemarie Devolites
(<jdevolites at aol.com>, <district34 at sov.state.va.us>, R-Fairfax County),
would amend and reenact §§ 46.2-923 and 46.2-924 of the Code of Virginia
to require drivers of vehicles (including bicyclists) to *stop* for
pedestrians crossing highways under certain circumstances.  

This bill will also benefit bicyclists who are crossing highways as users
of shared-use paths.  Unlike roadway bicyclists (who are legally drivers
of vehicles), bicyclists on paths and sidewalks, including the W&OD Trail,
are legally pedestrians with the same general rights and responsibilities.

Bill Summary Page:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+sum+SB101

Bill Text:
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+SB101

Please ask your Virginia delegate and senator to co-patron SB 101.  You
can use the "Who's My Legislator" web tool at
<http://conview.state.va.us/whosmy/constinput.asp> to both look up and
contact your legislators, although the links to individual legislator's
homepages have not yet been updated for the 2004 session (to reflect
changes from the Nov. 2003 elections).

Allen Muchnick, President
Virginia Bicycling Federation
PO Box 5621, Arlington VA 22205
muchnick at capaccess.org
703-271-0895
http://vabike.org