The Blogster just checked out the Central CT Bike Alliance legislative reception going on now in the Capitol. There couldn’t have been more than two lawmakers there, though, so it makes you wonder whether their sensible legislative proposal will see the light of day. They want a law, modeled after one in Oregon that has enhanced penalties for motorists who end up guilty of reckless-driving incidents in connection with collisions that that end up killing or injuring people on foot, bicycle or horseback, called “vulnerable users.” The penalties would include a year in prison; $12,500 fines; and mandatory driver’s ed course. The legislation is in attempt to provide some kind of solid penalties for drivers who, while not drunk or intoxicatesd, cause collisions with bicycles, but are too often let off the hook when their cases get to court.
