Now the challenge, he said, is in trying to find a consensus model for how to end contributory negligence that the Council can agree on. Supporters of the change had hoped the D.C. Council would vote Tuesday and finally bring to an end years of work on a bill to change the city’s liability rules for bicyclists and pedestrians. The decision means the Council won’t get a chance to have a final vote on the bill until it returns from summer recess in the fall. McDuffie has said he supports ending contributory negligence but called the current bill flawed. It would essentially change current law establishing that in order for a cyclist or pedestrian to collect insurance the incident must be 100 percent the driver’s fault.

Source: Washington Post June 28, 2016 18:43 UTC