Petition:
Reform of the Québec Highway Safety Code

Petition text

GIVEN THAT the last years have seen a significant increase in the use of cycling and active transport, in Montréal and elsewhere in Québec;

GIVEN THAT this increase has created friction between the various road users;

GIVEN THAT the Québec Highway Safety Code (HSC), written in 1986, does not reflect the realities of non-motorised mobility and the frictions thereby created;

GIVEN THAT other countries have already adapted their road laws to better reflect the needs of cyclists and other means of active mobility;

GIVEN THAT the Highway Safety Code proposes too few measures to protect cyclists and that, for example, only minimal sanctions are imposed against the opening of a road vehicle door in the way of a cyclist's path and that the minimum passing distance between a road vehicle and a bicycle is not specified;

We, the undersigned, ask that the Government of Québec initiate a public consultation that will have for objective to revise the Highway Safety Code, as a minimum, in the areas of: 

•  An update of sections made obsolete by the evolution of active mobility practices;
  
• The addition of adequate means so as to adapt the HSC to the needs of cyclists and other active transportation modes;
  
• The addition of sanctions for certain dangerous actions towards cyclists not considered presently or judged not severe enough in the current HSC.

The signing period for this petition is over.

Signing deadline : December 17, 2013

Number of signatures : 5337

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