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FL S1778
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/13/2013
Primary Sponsor
Rene Garcia
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AI Summary
- Designates March 2013 as "Aaron Cohen Bike Safety Awareness Month" in Florida
- Notes that 4 percent of all motor vehicle crashes in Florida involve bicycles, with annual costs of bicyclist injury and death exceeding $4 billion
- Cites 2011 data showing 4,600 cyclists seriously injured and 120 killed in Florida traffic crashes, representing a 58 percent increase in fatalities from 2010
- Identifies 10 counties with the highest bicycle fatalities between 2006 and 2011: Alachua, Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Lee, Miami-Dade, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco, and Pinellas
- Honors Aaron Cohen, a 36-year-old cyclist killed in a hit-and-run accident on the Rickenbacker Causeway in Miami-Dade County on February 15, 2012
Legislative Description
Aaron Cohen Bike Safety Awareness Month
Last Action
Adopted
3/27/2013
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