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Senate concurs on traffic code cleanup that defines paved shoulders and permits bicyclists to ride two abreast; vote 30-20
Summary
House Bill 43, a code-cleanup measure that reorganizes traffic definitions and clarifies that bicyclists may operate on paved shoulders two abreast, passed the Senate on second reading following debate over shoulder width and cyclist safety.
Senator Logie, the bill carrier for House Bill 43, said the measure reorganizes and clarifies roadway and shoulder definitions in Title 61 and aligns Montana’s traffic code with other states. "This is a cleanup bill on some code. It pulls a few things out of, title 60 but cleans up the code in 61 which deals with, basically definitions," Logie said.
A point of contention during the debate was the effect of the definitions…
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