❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the WA government's plans to assess minimum safe passing distance laws for cyclists being trialled interstate, resource allocation for this task, and potential for similar legislation in WA. The government responds that the Road Safety Commission will consider the trial outcomes when available.
AnsweredQoN 242Legislative Council
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ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION — MINIMUM SAFE
PASSING DISTANCE LAWS
242. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Attorney General representing the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer to trials underway in
Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales of laws
requiring motorists to give a minimum safe passing distance when overtaking or
approaching bike riders, and to South AustraliaXXX ###XXXs
permanent adoption of such laws.
(1) How will the Road Safety
Commission examine the progress and analyse the results of these trials?
(2) What WA government resources
have been allocated to this task?
(3) Should the
trials demonstrate that the laws improve public safety and harmony on the road,
will the government introduce similar legislation in WA?
PASSING DISTANCE LAWS
242. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the Attorney General representing the Minister for Road Safety:
I refer to trials underway in
Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales of laws
requiring motorists to give a minimum safe passing distance when overtaking or
approaching bike riders, and to South AustraliaXXX ###XXXs
permanent adoption of such laws.
(1) How will the Road Safety
Commission examine the progress and analyse the results of these trials?
(2) What WA government resources
have been allocated to this task?
(3) Should the
trials demonstrate that the laws improve public safety and harmony on the road,
will the government introduce similar legislation in WA?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. On behalf of the Attorney General representing the
Minister for Road Safety, the answer is —
(1)–(3) The
Road Safety Commission will consider the outcomes of the evaluations of these
trials when they become available.
some notice of the question. On behalf of the Attorney General representing the
Minister for Road Safety, the answer is —
(1)–(3) The
Road Safety Commission will consider the outcomes of the evaluations of these
trials when they become available.
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