[bikeqld] Bicyclist Harassment Ordinance Passed

[Scott Rowan]

Does Qld or any other state have anything like this? Is it already covered
under the existing road rules?

Cheers,

Scott

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COLUMBIA, MO (BRAIN)—A city of 84,000 people in Missouri has passed a
bicyclist harassment ordinance making the throwing of objects, verbal
assault and other offenses illegal, and a misdemeanor offense punishable by
a $1,000 fine or one year of jail time.

The Columbia ordinance, which is modeled after similar ordinances in South
Carolina and Colorado, makes it a misdemeanor to do the following: throw an
object at or in the direction of a cyclist, threatening a cyclist to
frighten or disturb the cyclist, sounding a horn with the intention to
frighten or disturb a cyclist, knowingly placing a cyclist in the path of
physical injury, or knowingly engaging in conduct that creates a risk of
death or serious physical injury for a cyclist.

http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/06/16/bicy/
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