From California Traffic Control Device Committee member John Ciccarelli, who says these come from the Caltrans signage design staff. These aren’t the officially approved designs (yet) but will be similar to what will eventually appear in the California edition of the MUTCD, which should be published within the next few months.

The sign committee chose the “PASS” wording on purpose to clue motorists in that they should drive as if they’re passing another vehicle when they pass a cyclist.

No Federal sign exists as of yet. As I noted last week, Utah and Florida also have three foot law signs of their own.

The California Traffic Control Devices Committee (CTCDC) approved a new 3 foot passing traffic sign at their meeting last week. The CTCDC adopts rules and regulations prescribing uniform standards and specifications for all official traffic control devices — signs, lights, and pavement markings — in the state of California.

The committee approved a design with “STATE LAW” on black text on a yellow background, similar to the text and coloring on “YIELD TO PEDESTRIAN” signs. The remaining text and symbols below that are black on a white rectangular sign as is typical for other regulatory signs. Caltrans still needs to design the official sign, but it will look something like this.

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Note: Don’t forget – San Jose Bike Train rolls Wednesday morning, 8 AM from Diridon Station.

California’s three foot passing law takes effect today. In spite of the predictions by a few dozen malcontents who predicted gridlock on California roads, nothing much happened. As of this writing, three bicycle crashes have been called into the CHP statewide today, which is about average. Ho hum.

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The California Highway Patrol issued a press release about the three foot law that takes effect on September 16, 2014. They provide two paragraphs about the law, and three paragraphs with six bullet points explaining how children on bikes should be more responsible for traffic safety than the entitled, whining adults are in their automobiles.

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