NC "Share The Road" automobile license plate
Update:
Congratulations — your efforts paid off! HB 85 was signed by the governor and is now State Law.
North Carolina has joined the ranks states that offer a "Share the Road" motor vehicle license plate to it's residents.
Applications submitted now will be eligible, on a first come basis, for the lowest plate numbers.
The cost is $30 — $20 of which goes to NC-DOT Bicycle & Pedestrian Division for bicycle safety and education initiatives.
See the NC-DOT Bike & Ped announcement
Download an application: PDF
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Share the Road. —
Issuable to the registered owner of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 81.12. The plate shall bear a representation of a bicycle and the phrase 'Share the Road'.
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The Division must receive 300 or more applications for the Share the Road plate before the plate may be developed. The Division shall transfer quarterly the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of the Share the Road plates to the Department of Transportation, Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation, for its programs.
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(Note: Design pending approval)
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Make it happen - Contact your representative in the NC Legislature!
(I've already emailed mine, and she's going to vote for it.)
If you don't know your NC House Representative -
do a lookup online.
Bill info, including status and complete text.
- What?
A Bill in the NC house to authorize a "Share the Road" automobile license plate.
- Why?
- Motorists experiencing "road rage" take out their aggressions on
cyclists because they see us as a vulnerable minority and have
been conditioned to think in terms of "Us vs Them". Cyclists are
criticized for "getting in the way" of the people "paying for the
road". As you know, this is all wrong - nearly all cyclists drive
cars. Most cyclists own a car, drive as much as any motorist and
even those who don't, do pay the same taxes to support public
roads
(albeit less gasoline tax, but cycling puts insignificant physical
stress on the road).
When I've got a judgement-clouded-by-anger motorist
approaching me from behind, I'll be glad for him to note that
the car ahead of me has a "Share the Road" plate - i.e. I am
not alone.
- How?
- Contact your NC STATE (not U.S.) Representative and ask them to
vote FOR HB-1731 "Share the Road Special Registration Plate."
You can do this by phone, mail or e-mail, after you look them up
(by Zip Code)
online.
After that, if you still feel energetic, it woudn't hurt to contact the
Bill's two sponsors to thank them and express support.
(Note that the two sponsors represent the two major political parties
and both East and West NC.)
The MSing Links MS-150 Cycling Team trains and rides in the North Carolina Triangle Area in support of The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
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