COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, though some >cyclists say it's tough to enforce and not a strong enough deterrent
to cars zipping past too closely.
Some Ohio cities, including Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus,
already had similar requirements.
The measure that took effect Tuesday is among 17 bills that Republican
Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) signed late last year. It adds the
specific 3-foot passing provision to Ohio law, which previously
required allowing a generic "safe distance."
The Plain Dealer reports Ohio joins more than half the states in the
country in setting that specification as part of law to help protect >bicyclists.
http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...) >http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison HilliardIt is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...) >>http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing
skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were
approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the
road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not
possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:31:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison HilliardIt is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...)
http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing
skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were
approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the
road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not
possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
safe to do so.
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:31:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...) >>>http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing >>skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were
approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the
road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not
possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
It is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
safe to do so.
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:57:53 -0400, clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:31:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...)
http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing
skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were
approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the
road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not
possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
It is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
safe to do so.
I should have checked the applicable laws before posting. <http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/safely-passing-bicyclists.aspx> California is quite specific about what to do if it's not safe to
pass. Most of the other states either don't mention this, qualify
passing as "safely passing", or just assume that no sane driver would
dive into oncoming traffic while passing.
Only one state (S. Dakota) has a provision for addition clearance at
higher speeds. I'm not sure what this means:
"A motorist overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction
may partially cross the highway centerline between two lanes of
travel in the same direction if it can be performed safely."
Last time I checked, crossing the center line puts one in the opposite direction, not the same direction.
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:57:53 -0400, clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:Not on multi-lane roads - and a LARGE number of Ontario roads have
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:31:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> >>wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...) >>>>http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing >>>skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were >>>approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the >>>road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not >>>possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
It is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
safe to do so.
I should have checked the applicable laws before posting. ><http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/safely-passing-bicyclists.aspx> >California is quite specific about what to do if it's not safe to
pass. Most of the other states either don't mention this, qualify
passing as "safely passing", or just assume that no sane driver would
dive into oncoming traffic while passing.
Only one state (S. Dakota) has a provision for addition clearance at
higher speeds. I'm not sure what this means:
"A motorist overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction
may partially cross the highway centerline between two lanes of
travel in the same direction if it can be performed safely."
Last time I checked, crossing the center line puts one in the opposite >direction, not the same direction.
On 22/03/2017 12:27 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:57:53 -0400, clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:31:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...)
http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing >>>> skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were
approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the >>>> road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not
possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
It is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
safe to do so.
I should have checked the applicable laws before posting.
<http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/safely-passing-bicyclists.aspx> >> California is quite specific about what to do if it's not safe to
pass. Most of the other states either don't mention this, qualify
passing as "safely passing", or just assume that no sane driver would
dive into oncoming traffic while passing.
Only one state (S. Dakota) has a provision for addition clearance at
higher speeds. I'm not sure what this means:
"A motorist overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction
may partially cross the highway centerline between two lanes of
travel in the same direction if it can be performed safely."
Last time I checked, crossing the center line puts one in the opposite
direction, not the same direction.
"centerline between two lanes of travel in the same direction"
Not the center line of the highway. The center line between two lanes
of travel in the same direction. So a 4 lane highway maybe?
On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 09:27:36 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 22:57:53 -0400, clare@snyder.on.ca wrote:Not on multi-lane roads - and a LARGE number of Ontario roads have
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 19:31:04 -0700, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
wrote:
On Tue, 21 Mar 2017 11:08:01 -0400, Garrison Hilliard
<garrison@efn.org> wrote:
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A new Ohio law requires drivers to allow at
least 3 feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road, (...)
http://www.fox19.com/story/34960657/new-ohio-law-drivers-leave-3-foot-gap-to-pass-bicyclists
I noticed that California drivers are already practicing their passing >>>> skills in maintaining a 3ft clearance. A car and cyclist were
approaching from the opposite direction on a two lane roadway. In
order to pass the cyclist, the car swerved into oncoming traffic
nearly causing it to hit me head on. I had to swerve and drive on the >>>> road shoulder in order to prevent an impact. Perhaps it might be
useful for the law to explain what a driver should do if it's not
possible to safely pass with a 3ft clearance?
It is in the ontario law. The driver must wait to pass untill it is
safe to do so.
I should have checked the applicable laws before posting.
<http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/safely-passing-bicyclists.aspx> >> California is quite specific about what to do if it's not safe to
pass. Most of the other states either don't mention this, qualify
passing as "safely passing", or just assume that no sane driver would
dive into oncoming traffic while passing.
Only one state (S. Dakota) has a provision for addition clearance at
higher speeds. I'm not sure what this means:
"A motorist overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction
may partially cross the highway centerline between two lanes of
travel in the same direction if it can be performed safely."
Last time I checked, crossing the center line puts one in the opposite
direction, not the same direction.
more than one lane in each direction. The BIG ones don't allow
bicycles though (We hve some that are over 8 lanes in each direction)
Many of you Americans don't realize the busiest roads in North America
are in Ontario - NOT California!!!
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