vt is a great place to ride.
when i lived in a small town i found most folks on rural roads treated me with respect - we were all out there doing our own things... bikes, cars, tractors, pick-ups.

up here in the big city i find much more aggressive behavior. i try to avoid williston and shelburne road, but those 2 places are gateways to other good riding - so i often cut through to get somewhere else, often on the only realistic routes through these area which are usually the major streets.

if someone is driving aggressively out on the rural roads, most times i can guess that their plates are not green. depending on the season there are certainly roads and times to avoid... (cough *ski* cough) i have had the rare vt plated vehicle yell out the window or act aggressively - but its pretty rare compared to when i ride over in the daks in NYS or when i lived in upstate.



i hope the 3' rule goes. i doubt it can be enforced - but vt bike ped is not looking for enforcement - but an opportunity to educate.