{"id":11972,"date":"2015-02-23T15:41:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T23:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=11972"},"modified":"2015-02-23T15:41:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T23:41:10","slug":"ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-moves-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/23\/ssb-5438-faulty-traffic-signals-bill-moves-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympia Update: SSB 5438 – Faulty Traffic Signals Bill – Moves Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5438 was pulled in the Senate Rules Committee. Next this legislation that provides bicycle riders a safe and reasonable procedure to proceed through broken traffic signals that fail to detect bicycles moves to the Senate floor.<\/h3>\n
\"Senator<\/a>

Senator Curtis King (R-Yakima) is prime sponsor of Washington Bikes’ priority legislation.<\/p><\/div>\n

Today in the Senate Rules Committee Senator Curtis King pulled SSB 5438.<\/a> The bill will now proceed to potential debate and dialogue on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n

SSB 5438 builds on legislation passed in 2014 allowing for motorcycles to\u00a0stop and proceed or make left-hand turns through traffic control signals that do not detect motorcycles under certain very limited\u00a0conditions with a specific protocol that is clear and understood by law enforcement<\/a>. For the first time ever, Washington Bikes sought to include electric-assisted bicycles in legislation, noting the increase in popularity of these bicycles.<\/p>\n

In the Senate Transportation Committee, the bill was amended<\/a> to make some improvements, including accounting for carbon fiber bikes that are even more challenging for many traffic signals to detect than standard metal frames.<\/p>\n

Washington Bikes thanks Senator King for his sponsorship of SSB 5438 and continuing support of legislation that improves predictability and gives bicycle riders a clear protocol for dealing with faulty transportation infrastructure that doesn’t detect their bikes.<\/p>\n

[Tweet “Thx Sen Curtis King for moving bill to address faulty traffic signals. I’m w\/@WAbikes on this.”]<\/p>\n

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Care about better bicycling in Washington? When you join others like you by making\u00a0your tax-deductible donation<\/a>\u00a0you help us keep working for you.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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