Every little bit helps, from what I read it says in part the new law requires car drivers to allow a minimum of 3 feet of when passing bicyclist.
Now 3 feet sounds like a decent buffer but what this will do, unless the way the law is written addresses it, is make it a legal car driving habit of swerving into the oncoming lane to swing around cyclists. At that moment if a head-on happens the cyclist stands a very good chance of being taken out too.
When I'm driving a car these days I frequently encounter some oncoming idiot in a car who crosses left of center to swing around something and into my lane, forcing me to my extreme right side.....god forbid a cyclist or pedestrian is there on my right.
I wonder if anybody is taught anymore that it just might be necessary at times driving a car, that you might have to actually slow down and wait until you're sure oncoming traffic has passed before swinging over to the left to go around someone or something. This is one on my pet peeves and it's not just for cyclists....it might be a pedestrian, UPS truck double parked or any delivery vehicle, farm equipment or whatever that might be hugging the right shouder.
I must be getting old but when I was taught to drive I learned that when you approached someone or thing slower moving from behind you had to yield, slow down and be in visual control before crossing the center line. Everyone is in such a d@mn hurry to get nowhere.
