I've been asked to be on the Bicycle Alliance's State Legislative committee. One of their main legislative goals for this year is to get an additional definition added to the Safe Passing law; a 3 foot mandatory margin for vehicles passing bikes traveling the same direction as the vehicle.
As the law reads now, vehicles are to pass at a "safe distance." The 3 foot mandatory distance gives a definition for what the minimum for "safe" is. Wisconsin has had the 3 foot safe distance for about 15 years, and it has been quite successful there, and popular with law enforcement officers by giving them an exact definition.
Hopefully we'll be successful in this and other legislation.
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