Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
I was discussing this very issue with a local bike advocacy group leader - he said they are pushing our state (Minnesota) to require changing lanes to pass a person on bike. This makes it 'easily' enforceable and matches existing laws about passing emergency personal on the road.
There are ways to enforce the 3-foot law, but Austin is an exception going to this level of enforcement -
https://www.kxan.com/news/apd-using-...e-to-bicycles/
Wow, no thanks on the change lane. There's lots of busy roads where I have plenty of room to the right of the right-most traffic lane, and now my mere presence is going to have the effect of closing one of the lanes of a already congested street? Seriously, think through the political implications of that. Where I live, the main street in town is often a state highway with two lanes either way, with breakdown lanes. Put a law like that into effect, and a bike at rush hour = instant traffic jam. Without that law, I won't even cross the cars' path.