Archive for July 1st, 2009

Extra Legal Protection For Cyclists

July 1, 2009

Missed this Monday:
Jindal also signed House Bill 725 by Rep. Michael Jackson, I-Baton Rouge, creating the “Colin Goodier Protection Act,” a law named after a New Orleans native and Baton Rouge physician who was killed while riding his bicycle on River Road in Iberville Parish.
Jackson’s bill requires a driver to leave “a safe distance … [...]