Bicycle safety bill stalls in Iowa Senate
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1/24/2017
A proposal to require Iowa bicycle riders to have a rear-facing bicycle light between sunset and sunrise has stalled in the Iowa Senate after a bicycle advocacy group declined to endorse the measure and legislators had their own questions.
Senate File 18, sponsored by Sen. David Johnson, I-Ocheyedan, failed to advance Wednesday before a three-member Senate subcommittee. The proposal stemmed from an incident in the past in northwest Iowa's Lyon County, which is inside Johnson's legislative district. A man was riding a motorcycle at night and came upon three bicyclists in the same lane on a county road ahead of him who were not using rear lights. A crash resulted, which led to the motorcyclist and two bicycle riders being injured.
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