Farmers ask for ordinance against bicycling on roads

[silver]

update:
Monday I attended the posey county commissioners meeting. There were about 8 cyclists there. The cyclists were given the opportunity to speak for the right to share the roads. It went OK. I still have issues with the club's attitude towards the crash and that people in the area seem to group bad cycling behaviors with the crash (in which the cyclist was obeying the law and the motorists wasn't). But overall it seemed to be the attitude that we should all try to live together and be curteous to one another.

Here's the news story. I'm not in it.

http://tristatehomepage.com/content/fulltext/?cid=3301

[Deborajen]

I looked at the news clip. I must have missed some of the details of the story in earlier posts, but the widow of the cyclist is suing the bike club? It's sad what she's been through, but how can that kind of iffy blame game possibly make her feel better? My heart goes out to her, but I know my husband would prefer that I do something a little more positive to make things safer for the future than blame a group he was probably friends with.

It was good to hear the commissioner saying that the plan is to help make it possible for cyclists to come to the area and ride safely. Aside from "this person's rights" and "that person's rights" and which one prevails, a better general attitude of everyone getting along is much better - more fair to everyone, and more likely to keep the peace.

Deb

[PscyclePath]

Silver:

One of the points of contention being the farm vehicles strewing corncobs along the road, you may want to check Indiana's roadway and litter laws and see if the state has a statute like this one:

27-51-1405. Throwing destructive or injurious materials on highway prohibited.

(a) No person shall throw or deposit upon any highway any glass bottle, glass, nails, tacks, wire, cans, or any other substance likely to injure any person, animal, or vehicle upon the highway.

(b) Any person who drops, or permits to be dropped or thrown, upon any highway any destructive or injurious material shall immediately remove it or cause it to be removed.

(c) Any person removing a wrecked or damaged vehicle from a public highway, as defined by § 27-51-101, shall remove any glass or other injurious substance dropped upon the public highway from the vehicle.

I'm sure the laws in the Corn Belt are as protective of farmers as they are here in the Cotton Belt... but this is a good statute to keep in mind for this issue as well as those retread tire casings that truckers keep scattering everywhere...

Tom

[silver]

Thanks Tom, Mr. had mentioned that too. I need to educate myself more on the laws.

I'm still interested in pursuing my LCI, but right now it seems that all doors have closed.

I went to the following meeting last Monday. There was nothing scheduled concerning Cycling but I felt that I needed to go just in case anything came up. I was asking myself did I really need to go. I answered myself, yes, I did need to go, because that's what a cycling advocate does. And that's what I am.....a cycling advocate!

Cycling wasn't mentioned. I'll be at the next meeting and the next.