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The Ohio Bicycle Federation (OBF) is the organization representing Ohio bicyclists at the state level. OBF has been responsible for four laws which improved improved cycling in Ohio 1996:  OBF law made it permissible for Ohio bicyclists to signal right turns by extending their right arms. The prior law required using left arm (like a motorist without turn signals) 2004:  OBF "Share the Road License Plate" created by another law shepherded by the OBF through the state legislature. The new "Share the Road" license plate is the first "organizational" plate in Ohio which includes the OBF website URL of "ohiobike.org". 2009:  OBF's "Better Ohio Bicycling Law of 2009" made two improvements in Ohio cycling law: 1. Created uniformity of Ohio law governing bicycling. Today, an Ohio bicyclist can ride across the state (through many jurisdictions) but follow the same rules, like motorists. Before, bicyclists were obliged to follow local ordinances in every community (many of which differed) creating a patchwork of confusion. 2. Made Ohio Revised Code governing bicycling closer to the Uniform Vehicle Code. 2017:  OBF's House Bill 154 became effective. This new law made two major improvements in Ohio bicycling law: 1. Required that Ohio motorists give bicyclists at least three feet of clearance in passing. 2. Permitted Ohio bicyclists to proceed at an intersection when not detected by device meant to move the traffic signal from red to green. OBF was founded in 1980 by Horace Huffman, who had recently retired as CEO of Huffy Bicycle Corporation to devote himself to bicycle advocacy and the creation of bicycle trails in the Dayton Area. Huffman was the first editor of the OBF's Communicator Newsletter. Other early members involved in the creation of OBF included current OBF Board Member Don Burrell and Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar Editor James Guilford. Guilford has edited the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar from the early years of the OBF to the present. The Calendar is the publication by which most Ohioans know OBF.