Montana law would target out-of-state cyclists
By David Ferry, Outside
Montana state legislators are considering a bill this week that will add a $25 fee on all out-of-state bikers entering Montana. And to add insult to injury, the proposal—which has already raised the ire of cyclists across the country—was tacked onto a bill about invasive species management.
The amendment was penned by Scott Sales, a Republican from Bozeman, who last month killed a bill that would have mandated drivers going 35 mph to give bikers at least three feet of leeway when passing.
Sales, who is the president of the Montana State Senate, called cyclists “some of the rudest people I’ve ever—I hate to say it, but I’m just going to be bold—they’re some of the most self-centered people navigating on highways, or on county roads I’ve ever seen,” according to the Missoula Current. “They won’t move over,” he added. “You can honk at them; they think they own the highway.”
