Lawmaker gears up for push to improve bicycling safety laws - Omaha.com: Legislature

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Kolowski has introduced two bills in the Nebraska Legislature to stiffen penalties and seek a larger cushion of safety between bikes and cars . . .

One of his proposals, Legislative Bill 39, would require motorists to follow the same rules of the road when passing a bicycle as they do when passing a car: that means changing lanes to pass on a four-lane roadway, and crossing the center line to pass on a two-lane road. If a road is narrower than two lanes, the proposal calls for providing no less than 3 feet of clearance when passing.

Davis said the bill would make it easier for motorists to remember the passing rules and easier for law enforcement to enforce them.

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Lawmaker gears up for push to improve bicycling safety laws - Omaha.com: Legislature

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MoBikeFed comment: We are looking to improve Missouri's safe passing of bicyclists law as well--it's part of our 2015 legislative platform. Nebraska's bill is a great model--if our Missouri lawmakers will consider it!