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AL SB95
Bill
Status
2/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
Gerald Allen
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 32-5A-82 of the Alabama Code to define "safe distance" when a motor vehicle overtakes and passes a bicycle as not less than three feet.
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Establishes that drivers overtaking bicycles proceeding in the same direction must maintain at least a three-foot clearance and not return to the right side of the roadway until safely past the bicycle.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor, or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles, overtaking and passing bicycles, must maintain safe distance of at least three feet from bicycle, definition of safe distance, Sec. 32-5A-82 am'd.
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities
2/7/2012