Road Cycling - who to write about rude drivers...

who do you all recommend i contact to demand to make drivers more aware of cyclists' rights to the road... i live in a pretty small city and a lot of people over here do not know about cyclists' rights to the road... it's kinda scary since i know that those study booklets you have to read through to take your driver's license test mentions about bicycles... i took that test 8 years ago and i still remember it... what does that say about the US system for testing... >=[ ...

your congresswoman...

If the town is small, you might try a city council meeting, or the county equivalent. Be prepared to be publicly opposed in your views.

Originally posted by Dchiefransom
If the town is small, you might try a city council meeting, or the county equivalent. Be prepared to be publicly opposed in your views.
You might get dropped from some xmas lists.

A well-written letter to the editor of your local paper will do nicely.

I think one place (although not the only place) one might write to or speak with is the driving schools and/or head of the driver's ed program at the local public school system. Teach them while they're young. Additionally, many teenagers first learning how to drive were/are probably still cycling and can often relate better to the concepts of automobile-bicycle interactions.

I like all of the suggestions posted above.

It depends what the drivers are doing. If it's just verbal abuse I ignore it. If it's anything more than that I generally go straight to the cops. I've tried communicating with motoring primates around here and found it to be a complete waste of time.