Georgia GOP lawmakers say anti-bicycling bill is dead after public hearing
Source: Gainesville Times
After a nearly three-hour meeting Monday evening listening to hundreds of people upset by a bill regulating cycling, the three Gainesville state lawmakers who sponsored the bill declared it dead.
Reps. Carl Rogers, Lee Hawkins and Emory Dunahoo, all Gainesville Republicans, wrote and sponsored legislation that would tax and register all bicycles in the state and limited group riding after they said they’ve gotten many complaints from motorists about cyclists misbehaving.
... However, motorist complaints were barely mentioned as cyclist after cyclist stood up tell their stories about being cursed at, things being chunked at them from passing cars and being injured by cars and loose dogs as they’ve ridden on public streets.
More than 300 people, most of them cyclists, attended Monday night’s meeting. Many cyclists spoke, but only a few people spoke in support of the bill.
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