Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Compare the incidence of DUI to close passes of bikes ... compare the harm done. Alcohol is a major contributor to accidents and fatalities ... probably the biggest single factor, anyone who wants to google the NHTSA numbers, can."
I could be mistaken, but thanks to DUI checkpoints, and the efforts of groups like MADD, I'm pretty sure that DUI's are actually decreasing.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
if a car gives me two-and-a-half feet and gets a ticket ... to me that is a huge and stupid waste. If the cops have nothing better to do in that town, lay them off and cut taxes.
Two-and-a-half feet is way too close, and those motorists
DO need be pulled over and ticketed.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Almost everyone gives me plenty of room. occasionally a driver will try a dumb move and run out of room, and cut it a little close---two feet or so---but that is understandable.
No, it isn't nor is it acceptable. They are
NOT supposed initiate a pass unless it is
SAFE to do so.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Only Very rarely do I meet a real butthole who simply won't allow safe space ... and how many police hours would it take to catch one of those in the act? I have not been badly buzzed in several months (Easter morning, in fact) and only twice in the last year that I can recall. How many cops would have to travel how many miles of road to catch that act?
A year without being buzzed? That's pretty good. I do not know how many it would take, but if it saves just one life it is worth it.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
And, as others have said, if someone sees the cop, likely s/he will behave.
Hence it being an
UNDERCOVER operation, i.e. the cop on the bicycle is
NOT in uniform.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
There is a three-foot law right now pretty much everywhere in the U.S. Have people been lobbying to have it enforced more tightly? Have any locales made big efforts to enforce it more tightly?
Sadly, not as many as should be. And as most of us know, the faster the passing vehicle is, or the longer that it is, the
MORE space the operator needs to leave between them and us.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
As I said, the law is only as effective as its enforcement, and it would be a very hard law to enforce.
Actually, no it isn't. CB HI has given an excellent way of enforcing it.
Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Y'all fight all you want. Until you actually get a program in place, don't bother fighting with me.