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Show Page 4-WASATCH CANYON REPORTER, November 9-22, 1994 SPEED LIMIT 15 | _ BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO GO THAT FAST... by Matty Osborne ‘Utah campus in 20 years; it has also brought much Alta Town Council recently — attention to the passed a speed limit on University’s speed limit — bicycles for roads and imposed in 1988. — trails. The actual speed University director of pub-— limit depends on the trail lic safety, Wayne Sheperd, or road, and will be posted recently was quoted on the visibly. Unmarked roads matter: “Our goal is volunwill have a 15 mph limit; tary compliance, but those » bicyclists must slowly pass who do not want to work others on trails at 5 mph. with us, we’ll cite them.” Alta is perhaps He also explained that prompted by the recent campus police had clocked death of Eugene Perry at bicyclists, with radar guns, the University of Utah, going over 50 mph on who has it’s own 10 mph campus. | _ Which brings up speed limit for bicyclists, the difficulty in bicycle skateboarders, and in-line ae limits: how are vier: skaters. | clists to know their speed? Perry was hit by a While some bikers are Kevin Griggs, Alta Marshall, to whom the duty of | bicyclist when crossing fully equipped with a comenforcement will fall. Photo by Virginia Pearce : puter strapped on to keep — South Campus Drive, early time and speed, many are _ While safety is defin the morning on August mountain biking, a pilot there will not be much > not. For example the Alta initely important, speed program has been launched passing at 5 mph. 4. He died 10 days later. Town Council’s 15 mph limits many times impose on the one remaining legal “Author Robin The accident, for which no speed limit (on unmarked — Stuart recently wrote, “On — _bike trail to enforce a unfair regulations that hinone was cited, is the first trails) will seem very slow. der the enjoyment of sports ridiculously low 15 mph Mt. Tamalpais in Marin fatality on the University of to hard-core bicyclists, and | _ County, the birthplace of enthusiasts. speed limit.” 3 | VERMONT“ _| _SYRUPWORKS NORWICH,VT —, TOWN OF ALTA | ORDINANCE NO. 1994-6-5 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE AND SPEED OF BICYCLES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF ALTA WHEREAS, the Town Council finds that the use of bicycles bes increased to the | | * ~ degree that regulation is wecessary to promote the health and safety of Town residents and BEIT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE NOW, "FROWN OF ALTA, UTAH AS FOLLOWS: — : P U R Y S E L P A M T N O PURE VEGrRadMe AMedium Amber Section 1. Operation of Bicycles. i shall be unlawful for any person to operate a bicycle except on established trails on which bicycle use has not been probibited through signage. Persons operating bicycles shall be subject to the same speed limits a5 other vehicles on all rosds and trails. If there is not a posted speed limit, the maximum speed limit shall be 15 miles per hour. AB persons operating bicycles shall slow to 5 miles per hour when passing others on trails or when spproaching blind tums and must yield to ians at all times. No person shall operate a bicycle off-trail. No person operating a bicycle shall operate the bicycle in a manner in which to annoy, endanger, frighten, harass, or otherwise disturb other bikers, Bikers and visitors. | Section 2. Penalty. A violation of this Ordinance shall be 2 criminal Section3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective upon posting. PASSED AND ADOPTED OF AUGUST nee te ~ Gallon $30.00 + $6.00 s&h ot BY THB TOWN COUNCIL ON THE _//JADaY -Half-gallon $17.00 + $5.00 s&h Quart $10.00 + $4.00 s&h | | ‘a Write for information on quantity discounts ee _ and smaller sizes. hlnk A Vermont i * 7 é . | e ‘. Ath * Ego Inbg (802) 649-1219. FAX 649-3906 Re Bee PEE seis and boiled in modern stainless steel equipment. : Photography — Box 8646 ° Alta” Utah “ 840902 * (801) ° fda 2744 eee eee eee e ea 05055-9711 We sell only syrup made from the sap of our own trees | CRAIG V. DILLON | — RR2 Box46 - 7 _ Syrupworks Norwich VT \ dee Re _ — anita — I ee Bikers beware, the ammeninn | |