Bicycling advocates want to put brakes on bad drivers

Article, in part, reads:

But even experienced cyclists say the roadways can be dangerous.

Dan Hensley said a car sideswiped him twice last year on his two-wheeled, 20-mile commute into Brentwood.

Hensley said he gave a nearby police officer the car description and the names of witnesses who saw the incident. But the officer refused to cite the driver because no one was hurt, according to Hensley.

Middle Tennessee has some of the highest car-bike crash rates in the state, according to statistics from the Department of Safety. Between 2003 and 2006, the Tennessee Highway Patrol recorded 249 incidents in Nashville and 88 in Rutherford County.

taken from Nashville The Daily Times