Re: The Law is a ass

On 20 Feb 2025 09:19:01 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

Not only in Dickens.  In Illinois case law too:
 
 
https://chi.streetsblog.org/2025/02/18/a-new-illinois-bill-would-assert-that-people-on-bikes-are-intended-user-of-every-roadway-in-the-state-where-its-legal-to-ride
 
With any luck, soon to be rectified.

>
I’d assume knowing a touch about US Motordom that this was intended rather
than unexpected outcome, after all the aim was to have a car dependent
society!
>
Roger Merriman

The wording says "bicycles are to be considered "intended users" of
any roadway where riding is allowed, thereby allowing them to seek
damages."

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Cheers,

John B.