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5th Session, 40th Legislature

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Bill 200

THE HIGHWAY TRAFFIC AMENDMENT ACT (SAFER TRAFFIC CONDITIONS FOR CYCLISTS)

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Explanatory Note

(Assented to )

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. H60 amended

The Highway Traffic Act is amended by this Act.

2(1)

Subsection 114(1) is amended

(

a) by replacing clause (

a) with the following:

(

a) shall pass to the left of the vehicle or bicycle at a safe distance, and in the case of overtaking a bicycle or power-assisted bicycle, shall to the extent possible maintain at least a one-metre separation between the vehicle and the bicycle or power-assisted bicycle; and

(

b) in clause (

b) of the French version, by striking out " suffisante du véhicule ou une " and substituting " sécuritaire du véhicule ou de la ".

2(2)

The following is added after subsection 114(1):

Overtaking on the right

114(1.1)

Subsection (1) applies, with necessary changes, when a driver is permitted by this Act to overtake on the right

(

a) another vehicle, including a power-assisted bicycle; or

(

b) a bicycle.

Coming into force

This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

The Highway Traffic Act requires a driver to maintain a safe distance when passing a vehicle or a bicycle. This Bill amends the Act to specify that, when possible, the distance must be at least one metre when passing a bicycle or a power-assisted bicycle.

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