Welcome to SafePassing.com!
Shawnee Trail Cycling Club's mission involves promoting efforts to educate and inform cyclists in all aspects of cycling safety. Along that line, we have created these pages to provide information to cyclists everywhere regarding safe passing efforts, those in place and others in various stages of proposal. Across the country, states have been developing and implementing laws that are intended to make cycling safer on our roads.
Countries with Active Safe Passing Efforts
The focus in the United States has been on establishing laws that govern what constitutes "safe passing", when a motor vehicle must pass a bicycle or other vulnerable road user. The states have each approached this issue in a different manner, most amending existing traffic code to include verbage related to a "safe passing distance" and some that actually define that distance.
Latest Updates
July 1st, 2013 Daphne, AL council approves Safe Passing Ordinance!
The most common separation required between a motor vehicle and bicycle is 3 ft, although some states require more. Pennsylvania's recent law uses 4 ft and New Hampshire requires an additional 1 ft for each 10 mph over a speed of 30 mph. Dallas, Tx has taken a unique approach in that there is no distance specified for a car passing a bicycle, but the car must vacate the lane. In any event, most states that don't have a current safe passing law on the books have ongoing initiatives to pass one through their respective legislatures. We've accumulated a list of states and their current status. Follow the links, where available for more information. Visit our site often as we document more efforts across the state to make the roads a little safer for all. As always, if you find an error or omission, let us know.
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We'll update this table with information and links as we get them. If you have more current updates, let us know.
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