Member for West Vancouver City to Sky. uh Thank you. Mr Speaker, I'm pleased to rise today to speak on the importance of cycling safety. Rcbc data shows that just over five bicycle vehicle crashes occur every day and who knows how many single operator accidents. However, within those nearly 2, 000 bicycle vehicle collisions every year, roughly 30 percent result in an injury and generally not to the motorist.

Now, don't let me scare you off with those stats, Mr Speaker riding a bicycle remains one of the most enjoyable, cleanest economic and healthiest Transportation Alternatives that can be enjoyed by British Columbians from right across this province, including in my riding of West. Vancouver, see the sky where we welcome residents and visitors to participate in at this point, I think I'd like to take the opportunity to put a plug in that.

If you do already enjoy cycling, think about trying out the the Sea to Sky Grand Fondo, where you can enjoy a supported and controlled ride from Stanley Parks all the way to Whistler- and it truly is an epic ride and I can testify that it will be a life memory. But if your riding is of a more utility military in nature, while many laws govern the use of bites in British Columbia, including most standard traffic laws, we don't yet have legislation which dictates how Vehicle drivers are obligated in their interactions with cyclists on the road.

This is why the BC cycling Coalition is asking this legislature to update the motor vehicle act and Implement road safety laws, establishing a minimum safe, passing distance to protect cyclists, with the increasing use of bicycle, to make sense to join Ontario Nova Scotia Quebec New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Newfoundland ad Labrador, who already have minimum safe, passing distance laws.

This amendment would help keep our an amendment would help keep cyclists safe and support the building of a more active mobile and sustainable communities by setting a minimum distance between passing vehicles and bicycles were certainly just uh decreasing the potential for injuries and deaths, and it just seems like the right thing to do. Thank you. Mr Speaker,.