Group in Iowa attemping to ban all cycling on FM Roads - Petition Here

[meridian]

I saw this in the RoadBikeRider Newsletter today:

Depressing News from Iowa

"Shared roadways are no longer safe or practical in today's society." So says a group seeking to have bicycles banned from most highways in Iowa, known for its wildly popular RAGBRAI cross-state ride...

I've heard about this issue before, but now there is a petition against this legislation:

Petition

If you would like to advocate for Iowa's cyclists, sign and share!

[jobob]

"Shared roadways are no longer safe or practical in today's society."

Do not get me started

[TrekTheKaty]

When 2/3 of our society is obese, you have to assume we are outnumbered here. Luckily, this is only a group with a petition--hopefully, Iowans will speak out before this reaches the Legislature.

Of course, I have to argue that this would require rewriting State Driver's Laws, etc. That is no small task.

Sounds like our thread on Tour of Missouri and Colorado road rage...........

[beccaB]

I'm going to get flamed, I just know it, and I mean no disrespect to any group of of people, but I live in an economically repressed area. It's always the piece of Sh*t car whose owner drives by us cyclists and screaming out the window-" get the f&%$ off the road" And we move faster that some of the tractors.

[TrekTheKaty]

I'm going to get flamed, I just know it, and I mean no disrespect to any group of of people, but I live in an economically repressed area. It's always the piece of Sh*t car whose owner drives by us cyclists and screaming out the window-" get the f&%$ off the road" And we move faster that some of the tractors.

I hear ya Becca--it's the boys in the really big pickup trucks, that are trying to run me over. Like on that country road, there isn't room for both of us.

[sundial]

I'm going to get flamed, I just know it, and I mean no disrespect to any group of of people, but I live in an economically repressed area. It's always the piece of Sh*t car whose owner drives by us cyclists and screaming out the window-" get the f&%$ off the road" And we move faster that some of the tractors.

I've had ding dong drivers play chicken with me on the farm roads. I do try to keep up with the tractors and ride in their slipstream.

[beccaB]

I've had ding dong drivers play chicken with me on the farm roads. I do try to keep up with the tractors and ride in their slipstream.

I did try to ride in one of the big tractors' slipstream. I'm not sure the driver appreciated it much, but it was smelly!