Under existing law, a driver of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction is required to pass at a safe distance and maintain the clearance until safely past the bicycle.
This bill would provide a definition for safe distance for purposes of a vehicle overtaking and passing a bicycle.
Pending third reading on day 29 Favorable from Public Safety and Homeland Security
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 856
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Commerce, Transportation, and Utilities
Source: Alabama Legislature