Maybe a little premature on a post: RAGBRAI

In a past post Good News for RAGBRAI cyclists we reviewed articles stating that the legal issues for this bicycle tour had been resolved. However I found a recent article that states several Iowa Counties are still attempting to make bike tours illegal. See Efforts to make bike rides illegal continue in Iowa. (I guess you should not make old Iowa county commissioners mad. Besides those new fangled inventions should not be allowed on our county roads they interfere with our tractors!)

Don’t get me wrong. I think that RABGRAI should have had cyclists sign a better release that protected the counties, the state, other riders and anyone else who might be affected by the ride. At the same time, the county that was sued folded fairly easily and settled the suit without fighting it.

The associations of counties are trying to get a law passed that says rides must have $1 million in insurance and a mess of other regulations. What I love is this statement “Funeral processions, motorcycle poker runs, and tractorcade were not addressed in the ordinance.” Tractorcade’s are a problem!

See Efforts to make bike rides illegal continue in Iowa.