HB1770 - Comprehensive Bike Bill

HB1770, authored by Rep. Mike Dobrinski and Sen. Darrell Weaver, has been assigned to the Senate Public Safety Committee. The bill has not been scheduled for a committee hearing. Your help is needed!

Please contact the Public Safety Committee Chair, Senator Lonnie Paxton to request HB1770 be scheduled for a hearing. In addition, please contact the other members of the Public Safety Committee to request support of the bill and why you like to ride bikes through their districts. Below you will find a list of committee members. If you reach out to Senator Darrell Weaver, tell him thank you for authoring this bill.

  As a refresher, HB1770 includes:

• Allow people on bikes to treat stop signs as yields and red lights as stop signs;
• Update hand signals so that a person on a bike can lawfully use a right hand to signal;
  
• A motorized vehicle cannot honk at a person on a bike when there is no immediate danger.

Call Scripts:

Hi, This is  [NAME] and I am calling Senator Lonnie Paxton to urge him to schedule HB1770 for a Public Safety Committee hearing. By updating antiquated bicycle laws, our streets become safer for both people on bikes and motorized vehicles. As an Oklahoman, this is an important issue for me. Thank you. 

Hi, This is [NAME] and am calling to urge you  to support HB1770 in the Public Safety Committee. By updating antiquated bicycle laws, our streets become safer for both people on bikes and motorized vehicles. As an Oklahoman, this is an important issue for me. Thank you. 

Email Scripts:

Dear Senator Paxton, 

My name is [ENTER NAME]. I’m writing to urge you to schedule HB1770 for a Public Safety Committee hearing. HB1770 will help make our roads safer by updating language to our laws that make hand signals intuitive, align our bicycle laws with surrounding states such as Arkansas, make our roads safer for the record increased number of people riding bikes on our streets since COVID-19  and improve Oklahoma’s bike friendly status which will help increase eco-tourism. This is an important issue for both rural and urban Oklahomans looking to make our roads safer for all users of the public right-of-way.

Please schedule HB1770 for a hearing. 

Sincerely 

[NAME]

Dear Senator _________, 

My name is [ENTER NAME]. I’m writing to urge you to support HB1770 in the Public Safety Committee. HB1770 will help make our roads safer by updating language to our laws that make hand signals intuitive, align our bicycle laws with surrounding states such as Arkansas, make our roads safer for the record increased number of people riding bikes on our streets since COVID-19  and improve Oklahoma’s bike friendly status which will help increase eco-tourism. This is an important issue for both rural and urban Oklahomans looking to make our roads safer for all users of the public right-of-way.

Please support HB1770. 

Sincerely 

[NAME]

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