House District 14 covers Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach. (If you are not 100% sure whether you live in House District 14, you can search here using your address.) If you live in this district your choice on November 3 to represent you in the Delaware House is between the incumbent Representative Claire Snyder-Hall and her challenger Mike Simpler. Using a multiple choice format, we asked these two candidates to share their views on five statements related to traffic safety in Delaware. Their answers are here:
1) I voted for, or agree with, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act (HS 1 for HB 439), which prohibits commercial sellers from advertising high-speed electric motorcycles using terms like “electric bicycle” or “e-bike” and requires clear written disclosures regarding a vehicle’s legal classification, power, and licensing requirements.
Simpler: “Strongly Agree”
Snyder-Hall: “Strongly Agree”
2) I voted for, or support, the recently passed HB 363, which allowed the default speed limit on streets in residential districts to be lowered to 20 mph.
Simpler: “Strongly Agree”
Snyder-Hall: “Strongly Agree”
3) Single-vehicle run-off-the-road crashes account for over a third of Delaware’s fatal crashes. To address this, I would support legislation complementing HB 363 that lowers the default speed limit on low-volume rural roads (e.g. “tar and chip” roads) below the current 50 mph threshold.
Simpler: “Strongly Agree”
Snyder-Hall: “Agree”
4) To further reduce traffic crashes on rural roadways, I support making Delaware’s rural road network more “self-explaining” using road surfaces and roadside design that convey a continuous visual message to drivers, providing more effective guidance than intermittent signage alone.
Simpler: “Strongly Agree”
Snyder-Hall: “Strongly Agree”
5) To reduce crashes at intersections, I support the use of single-lane urban roundabouts and engineering those roundabouts to be slow speed junctions, keeping vehicle speeds under 20 mph at all potential collision points.
Simpler: “Neither Agree or Disagree”
Snyder-Hall: “Agree”
6) Is there anything else about your record as an elected official, your experience or your views that you think is relevant to improving traffic safety in Delaware for the people you wish to represent in the 154th General Assembly?
Simpler: “I would support making highway cycling safer by encouraging riders to use designated bike lanes, improving bike paths, and adding clearer signs and safety education for cyclists, walkers, and joggers sharing those paths. We should also expand access to helmets, lights, and reflective gear so more cyclists have the equipment they need to ride safely and stay visible”
Snyder-Hall:
