In 2001, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and bicycle advocates produced a publication entitled "National Strategies for Enhancing Bicycle Safety." The document includes five main goals of which goal #4 relates specifically to enforcement: “the Legal System Will Support Safe Bicycling.” The four strategies within this goal are to:

1. Improve the collection and quality of data concerning bicycle crash incidents, including both traffic and non-traffic sites.
2. Create tools that help law enforcement enforce safety traffic laws aimed at bicyclists and motorists.
3. Promote the most promising enforcement efforts at those local sites where they are likely to be effective.
4. Encourage the court system to follow through on bicycle safety enforcement by imposing meaningful penalties for both motorist and bicycle violations.