Traffic Safety Thursday
Jun 24, 2021
We were LIVE in the studio today with Lt. Warren Gosnell from the Frederick County Sheriff's Office for our "normal" monthly conversation about traffic safety, new laws and public safety in general.
He told us about the new bicycle law that Governor Northam signed into effect on March 31, 2021 HB2262, the Bicyclist Safety Act requires the driver of a motor vehicle to change lanes when overtaking a bicycle or certain other vehicles when the lane of travel is not wide enough for the overtaking motor vehicle to pass at least three feet to the left of the overtaken vehicle. The bill also removes the limitations on riding bicycles and certain other vehicles two abreast. The Department of State Police is directed to convene a work group to review issues related to allowing bicyclists to treat stop signs as yield signs, and to report any recommendations to the chairmen of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation.
We also discussed:
- school's out so watch out for kids in neighborhoods, back roads and near play areas;
- speeding is an issue