SB 566 (Ticer) is similar to HB 1048 (Kory), except that the former was drafted
to add a new Careless Driving provision. Both bills would prohibit drivers from
following bicyclists too closely or from passing with less than a 3-foot gap.

Senator Ticer, however, plans to drop the Careless Driving provision when SB 566
comes before the Senate Transportation Committee this afternoon (starting at 2
PM) today, January 28. That's because the bill would likely be re-referred to a
second committee where it would probably be killed.

Senator Chap Petersen (Fairfax)
[ http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+mbr+S76 ]
is the ONLY member of the Senate Transporation Committee from Northern Virginia,
except for Senator Ticer, the patron of SB 566.

His office email address is <district34@...>
and the phone is 804-698-7534. Kathy Neilson is the legislative assistant.

Please call and/or email Sen. Petersen's office this morning or at least before
2 PM this afternoon.

VBF has an action alert at:

[
http://www.vabike.org/3-feet-tailgating-careless-driving/?utm_source=feedburner&\
utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+VirginiaBicyclingFederation+%28Virginia+Bi\
cycling+Federation%29 ]

Thank you,

Allen Muchnick
Virginia Bicycling Federation
703-271-0895
allenmuchnick@...