DALLAS MAVERICKS

There have been days when I asked myself why all this cycling advocacy and getting involved mattered so much. Why did it matter to me personally if cyclists had a safe passing bill? There were days when it seemed that we could not motivate one person to call their representative, when no one wanted to send emails or letters or faxes. Sometimes it felt like a lot of fellow cyclists shrugged their shoulders. We kept sending emails, we kept calling our friends, begging and sometimes pleading and nagging them to please make that call. Many did. We worked hard to fill that bus to Austin - and those of us who went walked miles that day. It was a life changing experience in many ways.

Today SB 248 passed. Today we have that 3 feet. .

Some years ago a young girl was struck by a car and killed while riding her bicycle to school here in the metroplex. A young girl who was the brightest star in her daddy's sky. I don't know if the safe passing law would have helped her or not but I told her mother today that SB 248 had passed. We both cried.

Yeah...it matters. It may be too late for one child, but it won't be too late for others. Because not all of us are some people's idea of a stereotypical cyclist. Some of us really are just kids who ride bikes to school, guys who have no other means of getting to work to support a family, and folks who just like to ride for fun.

J - This is for you - and your daddy. People like you are why it matters.

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