Comments on: HB 1250 Hearing Is Today

By: Andy Cline

Andy Cline — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:35:55 +0000

Steve… The story I hear is that a friend of Rep. Sater’s had an altercation with a car, which prompted him to ask Sater for this law.

Aaron… Thanks! Now it’s finger-crossing time, I suppose. And good Q. Don’t know. I’ll see if I can find out.

By: Steve A

Steve A — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:15:32 +0000

Andy, I am doubly disappointed to hear that the sponsor of this legislation is a Republican. What happened to Republicans being “small government” as in “new law only when there is substantive and compelling reason only” rather than the Democrat “we don’t know of a reason a law won’t make things better so let’s do it” mindset.

Yeah, I know about various Republican dweebs that want to require all sorts of things for cyclists to do. That only proves this is not a R vs D thing and that there are motorist idiots in both parties.

Either way, there are worse things than benign neglect

By: Aaron J Scott

Aaron J Scott — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:48:01 +0000

Andy, what does the law state about passing an emergency vehicle on the shoulder? Or other similar circumstances (stalled car, obstruction, etc.)? I remember always being taught to pull into the other lane to give officers/responders plenty of room to do their work. I don’t know if that’s law or if it is something similar to the portion of the Missouri Driver Guide that you reference.

No matter the comparison, I’m with you on this.