Toronto can often be a nightmare for both cyclists and drivers--and everyone--actually. Have you ever seen Eglinton not under construction? On the bright side, new provincial regulations will make it safer to be a cyclist in this city.
The Making the Ontario Roads Safer Act came into effect today and, amongst many things, drivers are now required by law to give cyclists at least a metre of room wherever possible or risk being fined $110 and two demerit points ($180 if the infraction takes place in a community safety zone).
Fines for dooring a cyclist also went up from $60 to $365 with three demerit points attached to such an offence.
Cyclists are not exempt from the new laws, either. Improper lighting fines went from $20 to $110, and riders must now have white and amber reflectors on their bikes at least half an hour before and after sunset.
Toronto has, in recent years, become much more bike-friendly. A 10-year plan to install bike lanes on major streets as part of a network of connected cycling paths is ongoing despite the usual upset.
Other new laws taking effect today target distracted and intoxicated drivers especially, and the awful drivers who don't move over for emergency vehicles.
by Lisa Power via blogTO
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