Wyoming addresses bike safety - by planning law making all cyclists wear 200 square inches of neon reflective

+1 on the RoadID, but I would refuse to ride if I have a wear a David Byrne style jersey, in Day-Glo nonetheless...

"Must carry state issued ID". This is probably the most concerning loss of freedom to me. Are they going to make runners/joggers carry state issued ID? What about dog walkers?

This seems like an antiquated 1980's East German state law.

In a wreck/car crash the rider often gets seperated from their bike. If you stick an ID in your saddle bag, what are they chances anyone will find it? And if they did, state issued ID's do not have contact information. They do not have blood type. The only status they have is organ donor (maybe this is what they're after ). There is nothing safer about carrying a state-issued ID. Using a Road ID wristband or necklace would be far better.

"Must carry state issued ID". This is probably the most concerning loss of freedom to me. Are they going to make runners/joggers carry state issued ID? What about dog walkers?

This seems like an antiquated 1980's East German state law.

In a wreck/car crash the rider often gets seperated from their bike. If you stick an ID in your saddle bag, what are they chances anyone will find it? And if they did, state issued ID's do not have contact information. They do not have blood type. The only status they have is organ donor (maybe this is what they're after ). There is nothing safer about carrying a state-issued ID. Using a Road ID wristband or necklace would be far better.

all this high viz and ID cards isn't very 'land of the free' and 'frontier spirit' is it - more loony left London borough

Why Oming?
Look, you frigging "safety" nerds, check out scientific research here in the UK which says that drivers can be susceptible to "unintentional blindness". This means that a cyclist or motorcycle can be dressed up like a Christmas tree, complete with fairy lights, and the driver still won't see you!
It occurs because of a trick of the brain which sends the driver in a hurry the information he desires, such as the road being clear to enable him to move out!
And the driver pleads, "But I didn't see you!"
This is why....
Check out "The Psychology of Driving", by Dr Graham Hole,
Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sussex.

I'd be interested in what evidence they have to base making it illegal to ride without hi-vis. In a study of 80 cyclist fatalities here in New Zealand, 50% were wearing hi-vis and 50% weren't. I think hi-vis probably can't hurt, but in multiple studies around the world it hasn't been shown to be a panacea either. And if people have to put a lot of work into proving it's effectiveness, it probably isn't.

I keep looking at the fatality and injury rates here after the compulsory all age helmet law was introduced. As a percentage of traffic fatalities it's exactly the same as when helmets were introduced and injuries have gone up... meanwhile time spent cycling has reduced by 51%

My guess this is will do nothing for cycling safety and reduce an already low rate of on road cycling.

Its the same problem the world over. Drivers need educating about other road users, and extremely harsh penalties if they ever hit a cyclist, pedestrian, horse rider etc.

I wonder how far it would go if they also required cars to have the same proportional area of “high-visibility fluorescent orange, green or pink color". Average car is 60 sqft of surface area (8640 sq in). Enjoy driving your flourescent pink Pickup Truck!

It's like an arms war. Here we've "daytime running" lights on new cars. Anyone noticed that a) they overpower visibility of other, older cars & b) you can't see their damn indicators? But no, that's what we have. So everyone else ups their visibility. Only when each & every one, pedestrians included, has an actual sun attached to themselves or their vehicles will the race end. And anyone without a personal sun is doomed. It's bullshit.

I'll take the car instead for the short shopping trips then.
That way we all win, don't we?

200 sq inch 80's style padded shoulders. They could be used to enforce a reasonable passing distance by motorists

Can it be a 1 inch X 200 inch streamer?

Mmm any wonder the USA have massive obesity problems if there politicians discourage a form of physical exercise in such a daft way. My worry is we have idiot politicians here too!

Wyoming must be a very safety conscious state, deeply concerned about road safety... oh look what I found.

http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2013/Digest/SF0093.htm

That's a 2013 vote, against requiring hands free operation of mobile devices for voice calls.

This is how cycling will inevitably die - forcing stupid rules upon cyclists and taking away freedoms. Rather than focusing on the real problem, motorists' ignorance of bike safety, they blame cyclists. Some U.S. states technically already ban cyclists from roadways by having laws requiring cyclists to use sidewalks instead of roadways whenever a sidewalk is present. For those who aren't familiar with U.S. sidewalks, they're not tarmac pathways, they're poorly layed concrete slabs with uneven seams every couple meters, dilapidated surfaces with chunks missing, completely unsuitable for road bikes, crossing over driveways and poorly engineered for travel because they're rarely connected to each other.