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In the News:  New CT Law-- Forceful Reminder of the Need to Yield

10/15/2014

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This story was provided by the Public News Network, and distributed to radio and tv outlets throughout CT.

HARTFORD, Conn. – It's a new law that underscores the need for local drivers to yield the right of way to those sharing Connecticut roads on bikes, using wheelchairs and on foot. 

Careless drivers injure hundreds of people in the state each year, says Kelly Kennedy, executive director of Bike Walk Connecticut. 

She says she hopes the new Vulnerable User law will get the state up to speed with neighboring states about the need to yield to non-motorized people who are sharing the road.

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Russ Cumming link
10/27/2014 08:07:13 am

The YIELD RIGHT OF WAY needs more communication to drivers. A campaign to increase awareness of the need for ALL drivers to grant the right-of way to pedestrians, bicyclists is important. Many drivers on the interstate do not yield to merging traffic or to merging traffic on the entrance ramps, and a campaign to bring this into the forfront is needed.
I have been sitting on my bicycle in a cross walk and drivers do not stop until I raise my hand or make an overt movement to cross. That is most often lack of awarteness of the rukles of the road.

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