The Bike Safety and Responsibilities Bill SF117

The Bike Safety and Responsibility Bill is still alive in the Iowa House.  The bill is currently in the Human Resources Committee.  View amendment in attachment below.  The amendment addresses the following:

1.  Bicyclists must obey signs and signals.

2.  When passing a bicycle, a motorist must maintain 5' of distance from the bicyclist.

3.  Vulnerable users is defined as:

As used in this section, the term “vulnerable user of a highway” means any of the following persons using a highway, including a crosswalk, the roadway, or the shoulder adjacent to the roadway:
a. A pedestrian.
b. A person riding an animal.
c. A person operating a farm tractor or implement of husbandry without an enclosed shell.
d. A person on a skateboard.
e. A person using in-line skates or roller skates.
f. A highway worker.
g. A person on an electric scooter.
h. A person on a bicycle.

4.  A person operating a motor vehicle shall not steer the motor vehicle, in a careless or imprudent manner, unnecessarily close to or toward a vulnerable user of a highway.
 

5.   A person shall not knowingly project any object or substance at or against a vulnerable user of a highway.
 

Please contact the following members of the House Human Resources Committee.  Please tell them to support the amended Bike Safety and Responsibility Bill.

BIKE BILL NEEDS YOUR HELP!

The Iowa Bicycle Coalition and its partners are pushing for the amendment and passage of the Bicycle Safety Bill, Senate File 117.

Our first step this legislative session is approval by the full House Human Resources Committee.

Please contact the members of the House Human Resources Committee (listed below) TODAY and ask them to:

*Support the updated bicycle safety bill.
*SF 117 with it proposed amendment is fair to both bicyclists and motorists.

Committee Members:
Rep. Mark Smith (mark.smith@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Deb Berry (deborah.berry@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Linda Miller (linda.miller@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad (ako.abdul-samad@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Dwayne Alons (dwayne.alons@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Clel Baudler (clel.baudler@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Greg Forristal (greg.forristall@legis.state.ia.us)
Rep. Dave Heaton (dave.heaton@legis.state.ia.us)