On the front page of the Greenville News, Nathaniel Cary has a well-researched, thorough article about the new (and mostly unenforced) SC cycling laws.  

I was pleased to see that this piece was more substantial than a lot of the half-hearted passes that get taken at the issue. It's hard to cram all of the relevant information into a newspaper article, so I was glad TGN got a little more expansive than they might have.

One quibble: the article paraphrases TTR's own Scott McCrary as saying that the increase in bike activity will lead to an increase in accidents. While this is an accurate reflection of part of Scott's statement—I'm a reliable witness here, since I was standing 10 feet away at the time—the rest of what he said was that there's plenty of data showing that more cycling within a community ultimately leads to safer cycling, and fewer accidents per mile. That second part of his statement didn't make it into the article.

Finally, a plea . . . there are organizations that are responsibly, proactively working with law enforcement and the public sector to ensure that we do our part to avoid problems with motorists.  There are groups at the local and state level who are working to protect our rights on the road and to improve bike and pedestrian infrastructure across the board, making life safer and more pleasant for all of us. It'll be easy to read the comments in response to this morning's article and get mad, or frustrated, or demoralized. Don't get mad . . . get involved.