[rola643]

Received this email yesterday and the it seems to me to worry about this now is a bit late -"One of the issues that may bother Mr. Odor is that on Sunday mornings on his way to Church he appears to come across a group of riders that impedes his travel."
And he delegates name is actually Oder and not Odor

Here is the body of the email if there are Ny other Va. residents that are interested.

I received a phone call from Alan Muchnick of the Virginia Bicycling Federation regarding getting support to send the bill SB 928 to vote. The bill has been tabled for now and would require motorists to maintain three feet between them and bicycles, electric vehicles, and wheelchairs. At this time one of the delegates that voted against it is Glen Odor (94th district), note only delegates that have voted against the bill can bring the bill back up for discussion. Alan stated that Glen Odor is kind of on the fence and could probably be swayed to vote for this bill. Just for the record only one more vote is needed to get this bill to move forward for a senate vote. Alan wanted me to pass this along and ask that we contact Mr. Odor and ask for his support on this bill. This is a safety issue we cyclists need room to maneuver in emergency situations.* The law presently requires two foot distance when passing. You can look up this bill on the link listed below and other bills also.* Alan said that we can post this on our websites if we wanted to in order to help pass the word.* One of the issues that may bother Mr. Odor is that on Sunday mornings on his way to Church he appears to come across a group of riders that impedes his travel. So if you plan to call chose your words wisely and carefully. Of course this will mean more to Mr. Odor if you are in his district.
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Contact Delegate G. Glen Odor at Capital Ph. (804) 698-1094 or District Ph. (757) 930-8683 or you can go to the website Welcome to the Virginia General Assembly Website. and look up delegate Odor and send him an e-mail. The Virginia Bicycling Federation website is Virginia Bicycling Federation | Advocacy, Safety, & Education which lists some the bills related to cyclists.
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Feel free to pass this along to anyone you think might be interested.
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Thanks for your help

[Industry_Hack]

Personally, I wouldn't fight over legislation either way, as it does nothing to make the roads safer for cyclists.

[speedfan]

I agree, we have the law, it is ignored and never enforced. Bicycles must ride as if every car is their enemy, we are not going to win any fight.

[rola643]

Sadly you guys are right.

[Industry_Hack]

Originally Posted by rola643

Sadly you guys are right.

Thank you. Those of us that are married rarely hear that.

[rola643]

ROFLMA, I didn't see that one coming!

[funetical]

Originally Posted by Industry_Hack

Personally, I wouldn't fight over legislation either way, as it does nothing to make the roads safer for cyclists.

Gotta start somewhere?

[Industry_Hack]

How often do you read about repeat DUI offenders killing someone? Isn't there a law against that?

[funetical]

Originally Posted by Industry_Hack

How often do you read about repeat DUI offenders killing someone? Isn't there a law against that?

All the time.

But how would that be better if there was no law?

Laws are about outlining the social contract, and the punishment for infringing upon that contract.

If they were about preventing crime, the laws would be oriented towards thought, and the actions leading up to crime.

We're getting there, Patriot Act 2 and what not, but till then, we must have the consequences to breaking the contract clearly outlined, and that's the way it's been since the Code of Hammurabi.

[Industry_Hack]

The penalty for breaking the law about giving cyclists room is generally a slap on the hand.