Somehow, buzzing to close to bicycles on country rounds is different than
the addictive behavior of drinking and then  driving.  Also, I am sort of a
"night person" and I have never seen a bicycle safety advertisement aimed
at motorists rather than at children and helmets.  And something more
modest might be information to local country police.  I got no response
from local law when I was last brushed by a pick-up truck mirror.  Local
police have other agendas than bicycles.  But my comments were directed
more toward defensive riding--that of riding a few feet inside the lane
rather than right on the edgeline.  In that way, most cars are forced over
the center line and that is a mental barrier for many in our auto driving
population.  Once over the center line, they usually leave wide berth.  But
if it looks like they can squeeze within the lane, whether there is on
coming traffic or not, they will zing past in disregard.

Eric Westhagen

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