Re: Fw: GCCMail: charge the driver

[Lewis Sussman <sussman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let me put my two cents in:

As you all do, I ride a bicycle regularly, but have been confining my 
excursions for the past two years mostly to rail trails, with the 
exception of an occasional very early Sunday morning ride on local 
roads. I have done so because of increasing traffic and aggressive, 
indifferent, and inattentive drivers. On a few occasions, like most of 
you, I have had some very close calls with cars, and was even hit 
several years ago.
I also ride a motorcycle (about 14,000 miles per year) and have also 
been subject to the same kind of dangerous and destructive driver 
behavior.  The American Motorcyclist Association is now sponsoring 
legislation throughout the country which would severely penalize drivers 
of this kind who injure and kill other road users--and the laws (some 
have been passed) also apply to bicyclists and pedestrians.
Perhaps as bicyclists we can make common cause with this effort to enact 
laws which will protect all road users, because the situation can only 
get worse.
For those interested, below is the section of the AMA website dealing 
with this type of legislation.
Lew Sussman

http://www.amadirectlink.com/justice/index.asp



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