Bill Text: NJ A1577 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain reasonable and safe distance when overtaking pedestrians and certain bicycles.*

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-16 - Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Transportation Committee [A1577 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A1577-Introduced.html

ASSEMBLY, No. 1577

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION

 


 

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman  L. GRACE SPENCER

District 29 (Essex)

Assemblywoman  LINDA STENDER

District 22 (Middlesex, Somerset and Union)

 

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Moriarty, Diegnan, Assemblywoman Jasey and Assemblyman Eustace

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires motorists operating vehicles to maintain minimum three foot safety distance when overtaking bicycles.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel

  


An Act concerning the operation of motor vehicles in certain cases and supplementing Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  The driver of a vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction shall leave a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet until the motor vehicle has safely passed the bicycle.  Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of $100.

 

     2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill would require motorists to maintain a distance of at least three feet when overtaking a bicycle that is travelling in the same direction.  The bill provides for a fine of $100 for violating the three foot minimum distance requirement while overtaking cyclists.

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