This new law “requires motorists to give bicyclists at least a 3-foot gap when passing.” The previous law used the words, “pass safely” according to Dennis Scott of the Florida Department of Transportation. Scott also said about the 3-foot clearance law, “that distance is a minimum.”
If you are caught driving too close to a bicyclist then under this new measure motorists “could be charged with a moving violation subject to a fine and points assessed against their driver’s license.”
I am confused as to how the police will know if a motorist is three feet, two feet or two and a half feet away from a bicycle? I guess the police will have to carry mental measuring tape with them at all times.
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