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VA House Bill would let motorcyclists ride side by side
Topic Started: May 26 2014, 06:01 PM (83 Views)
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By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
January 19, 2012

Legislation to allow motorcycles to travel two abreast in a single lane is advancing in the House of Delegates.

A House subcommittee voted 3-1 for Del. Tony Wilt's bill, HB97, on Wednesday.

Wilt, R-Harrisonburg, said Virginia is one of only two states that don't allow motorcyclists to ride side by side, and he knows of no evidence that the practice has been found to be a safety hazard in the other 48.

Matt Danielson, counsel to the Virginia Coalition of Motorcyclists, said allowing bikers to ride two abreast would make it easier for them to communicate with each other.

Raymond Hinkle told the panel he and a fellow rider were ticketed and charged with reckless driving after they pulled up to a stoplight together in Crewe, a town in Nottoway County.

"I was dumbfounded," he said.

The two are commercial truck drivers, and a reckless-driving conviction would put their livelihoods at risk, Hinkle said.

An insurance lobbyist and a spokesman for the State Police expressed safety concerns about allowing bikers to ride so close together.

"Two or three feet is such a small space," said Lt. Danny Glick of the State Police. "Space gives you options. Putting another vehicle that close in the lane is taking away your options."

The measure now advances to the full Transportation Committee.
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