I try and follow and otherwise keep up with what is happening across the
country as pertains to bicycling road use "advocacy"

I support and maintain memberships in a number of bicyclist's advocacy
groups; my favorite is my "home state's" group, Maine's BCM

...........from a bicycling friendly state prospective, they (Maine) claim
to be nationally 3rd!

Three (3) foot passing rules have been a popular item nationally over the
past year; ostensible lack of enforcement thereof in many cases has been
more of a bitching exercise than anything else

In the Summer 2009 issue of the the "Maine Cyclist", BCM's newsletter, the
below is reported; knot only a traffic citation for the three foot violation
butt a criminal complaint of "endangerment"

“Brunswick Police Cite Motorist for 'Three-Foot" Violation



Brunswick police may have issued the state's first citation under a state
law that requires motorists to give three feet of clearance when passing
bicyclists. The motorist allegedly passed two bicyclists on the afternoon of
April 12 on Maine Street in Brunswick and struck one of them in the arm with
his sports utility vehicle, then stopped and told them they shouldn't be in
the road.



The bicyclists reported the incident to police. The motorist received a $137
traffic ticket for failure to use due care when passing a bicyclist, said
Lt. Mark Waltz of the Brunswick Police Department. That is a violation also
known as the "three-foot law." Waltz said police also charged the motorist
with driving to endanger, a criminal offense.”


BCM Summer 2009 Newsletter, p.6

--
Chuck Davis
OK Velo (Okvelo@...)
Tulsa, OK

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