Bicycle Safety Campaign Early Data Shows Promising Results – Early Knoxville Police Department data following a recent bicycle-safety campaign is showing that use of new technology to raise awareness of Tennessee’s three-foot passing law has actually changed driving behaviors. State and local law require drivers to maintain a minimum three-foot distance when passing bicyclists. Data collected in 2018 showed 30 percent of bicycle fatalities nationwide involved a motor vehicle overtaking a bicyclist, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.  “In Knoxville, 12 percent of these bicycle-related crashes occurred when the rider was struck from behind.” […]