{"id":5183,"date":"2013-01-02T14:41:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=5183"},"modified":"2013-01-02T14:41:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T18:41:01","slug":"ask-del-comstock-to-stop-blocking-road-safety-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2013\/01\/02\/ask-del-comstock-to-stop-blocking-road-safety-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Del. Comstock to Stop Blocking Road Safety In Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s almost time for the Virginia legislature to start a new session. \u00c2\u00a0And once again, they’ll have an opportunity to help make Virginia’s roads safer by bringing its laws into line with the rest of the country. \u00c2\u00a0For reasons I can’t fathom, this has somehow turned into a partisan question. \u00c2\u00a0Fairfax’s Delegate Barbara Comstock has repeatedly stood in the way of laws that would lead to safer roads. \u00c2\u00a0As WABA’s Greg Billing explains it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tonight, McLean Citizens Association will host a Town Hall meeting<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0with several local legislators, including Delegate Barbara Comstock.\u00c2\u00a0Delegate Comstock cast the deciding votes last year\u00c2\u00a0to kill two bills that would help protect bicyclists<\/b><\/a>: 1) A bill that would prevent motorists from following a bicyclist more closely than is reasonable. Virginia appears to be the only state where bicyclists are excluded from “following too close” provisions; 2) A bill that “Requires drivers to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian or the operator of a human-powered vehicle.” Virginia is one of only four states without this provision<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Both bills will be introduced again this year<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0by Delegate Alfonso Lopez. Support from Delegate Comstock is key to their passage<\/b>.\u00c2\u00a0Why not attend this meeting and ask Delegate Comstock to support these bills?\u00c2\u00a0The meeting is 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. at the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Ave, McLean.<\/p>\n

For more information on these bills, see the talking points developed by Allen Muchnick of\u00c2\u00a0Virginia Bicycling Federation<\/a>:<\/p>\n