Mitchell and Sokola Sponsor Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act

Making cycling and walking safe, convenient and fun in Delaware

Mitchell and Sokola Sponsor Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act

June 6, 2017 Cool People Everyone Gets Home Legal and Enforcement Legislation and Policy Traffic Control 0

  • The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act has been introduced by its prime Sponsors, Representative John Mitchell and Senator Dave Sokola, and is now pending before the Delaware General Assembly.
  • Representative John “Larry” Mitchell is a member of the Delaware House of Representatives representing the Elsmere area. Click on slide to read more.
  • Senator David Sokola is a lifelong cyclist who represents the Newark area in the Delaware Senate. Click on slide to read more.
  • There are five elements of the Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act.
  • Cyclists are mostly killed at intersections in collisions with cars and trucks. Bicycle traffic signals are an indispensable engineering tool to prevent these deadly crashes. The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act would enable the Delaware Department of Transportation to deploy bicycle traffic signals in Delaware as a safety countermeasure.
  • Cyclists can easily be startled and swerve into traffic by vehicle horns designed to be loud enough to be heard inside other vehicles. The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act would prohibit honking at cyclists when passing when no imminent danger of a collision exists. (Image credit: Bikeyface.)
  • It can be extremely dangerous for motorists to try to “squeeze” by cyclists in a travel lane that is too narrow. The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act would require motorists to change lanes to pass cyclists (and farm equipment and animal-drawn vehicles too!) in this situation. (Image credit: IAmTraffic.org)
  • Delaware law about “where to ride” is so confusingly written that sometimes even police officers can’t understand it. The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act would rewrite these confusing sections of state law so that everyone – cyclists, motorists and, especially, police – understands where cyclists can ride.
  • The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act would permit cyclists to either stop completely or to slow down and yield to other traffic at stop sign-controlled intersections.

Keep Me Informed In Case I Can Help

The Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act has bipartisan support in the Delaware General Assembly and we are cautiously optimistic about its passage. But politics is often surprising. If you would like us to keep you informed about the progress of this legislation and let you know if it needs your help, fill in the form below:

    Name (required)

    Email (required)

    Address (required)

    City (required)

    Zip Code (required)

     

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published.

    Sponsors

    AARP

    WCBC

    Lewes Cycle Sports

    M&T

    Century RKK

    ©  2024 Bike Delaware Inc. All rights reserved. All logos and trademarks are property of their respective owners.