Tag: vulnerable users bill

July 5, 2012

The Vulnerable User Law is live in Washington state

The teenager who swerved into the shoulder of Juanita Dr and killed John “Mr. Safety” Przychodzen last summer received a $42 ticket for an “unsafe lane change.” The kid was not intoxicated and was not being “reckless,” police said. So the $42 ticket was all they felt they could give him. The Vulnerable User Law, which…
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May 16, 2011

Governor signs Vulnerable User Law

Governor Chris Gregoire signed the Vulnerable User Bill into law today, reports Cascade Bicycle Club. SB 5326, which passed both chambers of congress with relatively strong margins, would require people who seriously injure or kill a more vulnerable road user to do more than simply mail-in a traffic ticket as is often the case today.…
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May 11, 2011

Governor will sign Vulnerable User Bill May 16

David Hiller at Cascade says Governor Gregoire will sign SB 5326 (AKA the Vulnerable User Bill) May 16. This bill has been three years in the making, and many people whose lives were affected by negligent driving came out to give very moving testimony in favor of the bill. From Hiller’s post on the Cascade…
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March 3, 2011

Vulnerable User Bill passes House 59-39 – UPDATED

The Vulnerable User Bill made it past yet another big hurdle today by passing the state House of Representatives 59-39. A similar bill passed in the Senate February 24, so only a couple reasonable number (see update below) more steps before it can go on the books. Unlike the Senate’s 43-5 passage, the bill was…
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February 24, 2011

Vulnerable User Bill passes Senate – UPDATED

The Washington Senate voted 43-5 to pass SB 5326, otherwise known as the Vulnerable User Bill. This is a major hurdle to passage. The trials for the bill are not over. A similar bill must pass in the House, the Conference Committee must revise any differences between the two, and the governor must sign it.…
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February 16, 2011

Take a minute right now to support vulnerable road users

The time is now. Take a minute to contact your state senators and representatives and urge them to support HB 1339 and SB 5326, two nearly identical versions of the Vulnerable User Bill. We need to get at least one of the houses of congress to vote on the bill by the end of the…
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tagged: 2011 legislature, cascade bicycle club, HB 1339, SB 5326, vulnerable users bill