When you pass a person walking on the shoulder of the road, or a bicyclist riding on the edge of the highway or a delivery van parked in the street with its flashers on, how much space should you give them as you drive by? New York State Vehicle and Traffic Law is vague, saying you must move over to provide a “safe distance.”
A proposed local law that Onondaga County legislators will discuss today would remove the vagueness, setting the minimum at three feet.
At a recent committee meeting, some legislators questioned the need for a definition when there’s already a state law. Alex Lawson of the New York Safer Streets Coalition told legislators that different people may make different choices…