By BECKY KISER
Hays Post

As Hays motorists adjust to the newly marked bicycle lanes in town, Hays-based Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman is reminding highway drivers of safety rules for bicycle traffic.

Hileman, KHP Public Safety Officer for Troop D, posted the reminder on his Facebook page Saturday. Bicyclists can often be seen riding on Kansas highways during the summer months.

“If you are on a two lane road and approaching bicycles who are riding in your same direction in a no-passing zone, Kansas law now allows you to cross over the solid yellow line just enough to drive by them with at least 3 feet of clearance.

You can cross over the solid yellow line ONLY if you have a clear line of sight and it’s free of other vehicles,” Hileman wrote.

To read the 2014 Kansas statute, click here.