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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, this note from the Ho-Ho-Kus Police Department , please be aware of the new Safe Passing Bill. This requires drivers to safely pass pedestrians, as well as people on bikes, scooters, or other means of conveyance.
It requires drivers to move over one lane when passing, if it is safe to do so, or allow four feet of space between the car and the person being passed. If that is not safe to do, it would require a driver to slow to 25 mph.
If at all possible, the driver should change into a non-adjacent lane before getting closer than four feet.
The driver should leave a reasonable, safe distance of at least four feet when approaching the protected users until they can pass safely.
If those options are not possible, the driver must reduce their speed to 25 miles per hour and be prepared to stop.
Violating these guidelines will result in a driver receiving a fine of $500 and two motor vehicle points if bodily harm is caused. If no injury occurs, the fine is $100.
Advocates cited State Police records that said bicycle rider fatalities in 2021 already match last year’s total at the same date. Pedestrian fatalities now almost match 2020 and are on a pace that could lead to a 60% increase in 2021.
Passage of the bill caps over 10 years of advocacy led by the NJ Bike and Walk Coalition, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the grassroots TEAM4 the NJ Safe Passing Law.
What about those aggressive cyclists in their dopey costumes with their dentist mirrors who ride 2 and three abreast up and down saddle river roads… give them a ticket
The bikes should be mind full of the driver Not be me first it is my right your problem
So true some of them think they have the right away on any street they ride on.
Slow to 25mph????
The idiots in charge already set a speed limit of 25mph…