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Sunday, May
26, 2002: Register Online @ www.ctbike.org or by phone (860) 527-5200 5 Routes, 14 parks - featuring Powder Ridge Cycling Team,
6th Annual Downtown Criterium. Mass start Bushnell Park 9:30 a.m. -
pedal through Hartford's Historic Parks or walk along the scenic CT river.
4 different rides: 10, 15, 25 or 40 miles. Inaugural 6 mile
walk. Great rest areas - fully supported ride - bicycle police
escorted - free refreshments. |
Other Upcoming Connecticut Events
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| Discover Windsor Bike Tour 2002 - June 1, 2002. Log
on and register at;
www.firsttowndowntown.org. Cut-off for pre-registration is May 15.
If you'd like a registration form mailed to you, please call Marty McMahon
at 860-688-0881. Events after the ride; Kid's Safety Fair,
Checkers tournament. |
September is Connecticut Freedom Trail Month
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CONNECTICUT BICYCLE COALITION
(CBC) Status of the Right Turns Act: THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE PASSED THE BILL (Public Act 00-70) as of October, 2000. An Act Concerning Right Turns When Passing A Bicyclist. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 14-242 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (a) No person shall turn a vehicle at an intersection unless the vehicle is in a proper position on the highway as required by section 14-241, or turn a vehicle to enter a private road or driveway or otherwise turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a highway unless such movement can be made with reasonable safety. No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in section 14-244. (b) A signal of intention to turn right or left shall be given continuously during not less than the last one hundred feet traveled by the vehicle before turning. (c) No person shall stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided in section 14-244 to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear when there is opportunity to give such signal. (d) No person shall turn a vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve, or upon the approach to, or near the crest of, a grade, where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction within five hundred feet, or at any location where signs prohibiting U-turns are posted by any traffic authority. (e) The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or within the area formed by the extension of the lateral lines of the private alley, road or driveway across the full width of the public highway with which it intersects, or so close to such intersection of public highways or to the area formed by the extension of the lateral lines of said private alley, road or driveway across the full width of the public highway as to constitute an immediate hazard. (f) No person operating a vehicle who overtakes and passes a person riding a bicycle and proceeding in the same direction shall make a right turn at any intersection or into any private road or driveway unless the turn can be made with reasonable safety and will not impede the travel of the person riding the bicycle. [(f)] (g) Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be an infraction. Statement of Purpose: To provide that drivers of vehicles must give bicyclists at least one hundred feet of clearance before making a right turn in front of them.
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This was written a number of years ago by Barbara Waggoner, co-founder of CBC (1977) and Guilford resident. Our Sacred Cow In India the sacred cow really is a cow.
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