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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"This bill is a creative solution to traffic congestion, and a way to improve safety on our public roads. Motorcyclists are at a much greater risk of injury in a rear-end accident, and the chances of an accident increase in the sort of stop-and-go traffic we have been experiencing lately. If we give motorcyclists the freedom to pass on the left of a divided highway, they'll be able to get out the way, and the road will be that much clearer."</span></span>