Tag: dead red

April 17, 2015

Governor Inslee signs the ‘Dead Red’ bill into law

It’s official. And Governor Jay Inslee even had a joke to go with it: .@GovInslee at Dead Red bill signing: "Riding w/@CBC_Olympia yesterday got stuck at a red light, almost took an early executive action." — Washington Bikes (@WAbikes) April 17, 2015 Basically, if a red light or turn signal cannot detect your bike and…
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tagged: 2015 legislature, dead red, jay inslee, washington bikes
March 24, 2015

Bipartisan bill to add bicycles to state’s ‘dead red’ law moving through legislature

So you’re biking along, the only person on the road, and you reach a traffic signal. You wait at the light, but it doesn’t seem to know you’re there. The signal detector system is tuned for heavy cars, but not your bicycle. You get skipped. Transportation departments in the state are supposed to make sure…
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tagged: dead red, ssb 5438, traffic signal detection, washington bikes