Our bill just passed out of committee! The 4 foot passing distance was reinstated but attempts to put “far to right” were unsuccessful. The bill now goes to be reported out of committee on the floor of the full House and up for passage by wed next week.  Our efforts now need to focus on the full house!

Gary Zuckett

From: Kasey [mailto:russell.kasey@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 7:57 AM
To: Christiaan Abildso
Cc: Frank Gmeindl; Gary Zuckett; Dennis A Strawn; Charles Holley; Craig Slaughter; Ted Armbrecht; Michael Loughney; Tom Wood; Rahul Gupta; Jeffrey Lusk; Greg Garrett; Christiaan Abildso; Steve Fowler; Andrea Salina; Patricia Clay; John Manchester; Stacy Bisker; Gail Pitchford; Patrick Donovan; Emily Vasile; Andrea Salina; Tom Heywood; Bike Board
Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] HB3021 passes Transportation Committee!

Great job you all! The bike bill is on the judiciary committee agenda today! 

Frank's email to delegate fleischaeur is right on point. 

Kasey

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On Mar 28, 2013, at 10:45 AM, Christiaan Abildso <cabildso@yahoo.com> wrote:

Does this amendment to the bill to reinstate the "as far right" language mean we should NOT contact the legislators? Or, can the bill be amended again to remove the as far right language?

Christiaan

From: Frank Gmeindl <fgmeindl@gmail.com>
To: Gary Zuckett <garyz@wvcag.org>
Cc: 'Dennis A Strawn' <dennis.strawn@highmark.com>; 'Charles Holley' <cholley@cityofhuntington.com>; 'Kasey Russell' <russell.kasey@gmail.com>; 'Craig Slaughter' <craig.slaughter@wvimb.org>; 'Ted Armbrecht' <eca3@suddenlinkmail.com>; 'Michael Loughney' <mloughney@tioga-resources.com>; 'Tom Wood' <twood84@gmail.com>; 'Rahul Gupta' <rahul.gupta@wv.gov>; 'Jeffrey Lusk' <jlusk@trailsheaven.com>; 'Greg Garrett' <gagarrett@gmail.com>; 'Christiaan Abildso' <Christiaan.Abildso@mail.wvu.edu>; 'Steve Fowler' <smf@pffwv.com>; 'Andrea Salina' <andreathompson31@gmail.com>; 'Patricia Clay' <patricia.clay@southernwv.edu>; 'John Manchester' <jmanchester@lewisburg-wv.com>; 'Stacy Bisker' <selaineb@gmail.com>; 'Gail Pitchford' <gail.pitchford@camc.org>; 'Patrick Donovan' <pdonovan@njrati.org>; 'Emily Vasile' <Emily.Vasile@mail.wvu.edu>; 'Andrea Salina' <a.salina@wvhub.org>; 'Tom Heywood' <theywood@bowlesrice.com>; 'Bike Board' <bikeboard@bikemorgantown.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 9:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Bikeboard] HB3021 passes Transportation Committee!

Gary,

Thanks for your guidance to the Com. Amendments.  "This is part of the danger of opening the code to make things better – sometimes it can make things worse!" is one reason I resisted us pursuing legislation without first educating all relevant key stakeholders.  

The fact that the very sponsors of the bill moved to amend it to reinstate the requirement that cyclists ride far to the right displays that they may not understand the dangers to cyclists of such a law.  It also displays that they may not believe that cyclists have the same rights to the road as motorists but rather that bicyclists should get out of the way.

Frank

On Mar 28, 2013, at 9:01 AM, Gary Zuckett wrote:

This is part of the danger of opening the code to make things better – sometimes it can make things worse!

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