Montco road signs to tout cycling safety

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Road signs to tout

cycling safety

NORRISTOWN Montgomery County roads are to soon have signs reminding drivers to stay at least four feet away from cyclists when passing them on the road. The county is to install 250 yellow road signs reminding drivers to keep a safe passing distance, Sheriff Russell Bono announced Friday.

Pennsylvania law requires a four-foot distance between cars and bicycles for safe passage.

In the last year, two cyclists were killed in accidents in Cheltenham and Pottsgrove. And a cyclist was hit by a police car in Whitemarsh but did not suffer injuries.

The bright yellow road signs unveiled Friday remind drivers "when passing bicycles, allow 4 feet.

"It's the law," the signs say.

- Laura McCrystal