Give Bicyclists Three Feet of Space!

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Give Bicyclists Three Feet of Space!
Sharing the road with bicyclists safely
 imageBeautiful Maryland autumn weather and roadways beckon bicyclists to the road. SHA and partners are urging motorists to share the road and be on the lookout for cyclists. On roads where shoulders end, SHA is installing newly approved signs that picture a bicycle with the words: "May Use Full Lane." The purpose of these signs is to notify drivers that cyclists may be moving into the travel lane. Locations are being inventoried and finalized, and sign installation has begun in some locations in Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Bicycles are considered vehicles, and deserve the same respect as traditional motorized vehicles on the road. When coming up on a cyclist, a driver should slow and carefully pass a cyclist when it is safe to do so, giving at least three feet of space. Likewise, bicyclists are subject to the same vehicle laws as drivers and should adhere to signs and traffic lights and signal their intentions to drivers when braking or turning. Bicycle safety is a two-way street, and cyclists are reminded to follow the rules of the road, to stay visible and wear a helmet.


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by B' Spokes

Like most people I live a hectic life and who has the time for much exercise? Thanks to xtracycle now I do. By using my bike for daily activities I can get things done and get an hour plus work out in 15 minutes extra of my time, not a bad deal and beats taking the extra time going to the gym. In case you are still having trouble being motivated; the National Center of Disease Control says that inactivity is the #2 killer in the United States just behind smoking. ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/bb_nutrition/ ) Get out there and start living life! I can carry home a full shopping cart of groceries, car pool two kids or just get lost in the great outdoors camping for a week. Well I got go, another outing this weekend.
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Any way we can put requests in for signage on specific roads? I know they would have to be some one independently approving, but at least the responsible group would get a sense of where people ride out of it. Speaking of which, I got to believe places like Strava and Endomondo probably resell their ride data to state officials in helping the officials plan on future bike safety. Any idea or contact to pass such resource information along? Thanks.
The problem with being an effective cycling advocate there is at least 50 to 100 contacts you need to know about and each one only deals with a narrow range of issues. If you contact the wrong agency the policy is (generally) just to ignore the request.

I don't know why there is such a reluctance for government to use free web services. The exceptions (that I know of) are Howard County watches http://seeclickfix.com/ and Baltimore City has a 311 phone app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.baltimorecity.baltimore311&hl=en

My first thought on how to promote such an idea of web based tools is to get it into Bike Master plans:
Howard County
http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20120919122117557

Baltimore County
http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20120928012120512

We also have a State Bike Master Plan update due in 2014, though I have not heard about any meeting or planed input for it yet.