Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news.neodome.net!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frankie Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: No fault cell phone law Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 16:21:04 -0500 Organization: Neodome Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2024 21:21:06 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: neodome.net; mail-complaints-to="abuse@neodome.net" User-Agent: NewsTap/3.2 (iPad) Bytes: 1524 Lines: 18 On 17/3/2024, AJL wrote: >> or even drive in a way that threatens to do so. > > There are several laws that apply if a driver intentionally threatens a > pedestrian with a car depending on the circumstance. But they are > criminal laws, not traffic laws... In California, there's a relatively recent "bike safety" law which makes it a legal offense to be fewer than, I think it's 3 feet, from a cyclist. I don't know if it applies to pedestrians, now that I think about it. Let me google that for me. https://www.google.com/search?q=california+3+feet+law+cyclist https://www.calbike.org/our_initiatives/give_me_3/ "The law requires motorists to give at least three feet of clearance when passing people riding bikes."