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Cycling News

Middle TN Veloteers Promote STR License Plate

Our friend Bill Anderson and the Middle TN Veloteers promoted the STR license plate recently in the Bike Ride across Wilson County @ the TN State Fair and The Elk River Valley 100 during the Labor Day Weekend. Thanks for your Efforts. Ride Fast, Live Slow and always keep the rubber side down.

Smart Cycling Traffic Skills Courses (2024)

The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is offering Smart Cycling instruction at the Blount County Library on these dates in 2024.

Sept 21, 2024

Register now for the September 2024 course

2024 League Cycling Instructor Seminar (Registration closed)

Save the Date: The JRCF 2024 League Cycling Instructor Seminar at Henry Horton State Park has been scheduled for September 27-29, 2024

Chapel Hill TN 2024 LCI Seminar

2024 Community Grants Awarded

The Jeff Roth Cycling Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the Community Challenge Grant Awards for the 2024 funding cycle

The JRCF 2024 Community Grants funding cycle is now closed

The Community Grants program for the 2024 funding cycle is now closed. Proposals are currently under review and decision letters will be sent out soon. Thank you for your participation.

3 Foot Law

Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act

The Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act of 2007 was signed into law on May 3, 2007, by Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen. Tennessee joins a handful of states that have moved forward to further protect cyclists on our roadways.

Passed without opposition in both the House and Senate, this act provides that "the operator of a motor vehicle when overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on the roadway, shall leave a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet (3') and shall maintain such clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle." A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

Here is a copy of the Jeff Roth and Brian Brown Bicycle Protection Act of 2007

Other Organizations Promoting Safe Cycling

Nashville Bike Fun

Bike Walk Tennessee

League of American Bicyclists

People for Bikes

Safe Routes

Bike Law USA