LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska cycling advocates are asking lawmakers to increase bicycle safety on public roads.

More than a dozen cyclists testified before the Legislature’s Transportation and Telecommunications Committee Tuesday in favor of a bill by Sen. Rick Kolowski of Omaha.

The bill would require vehicles to follow the same principles passing a bicycle as when passing another vehicle. In order to pass a cyclist, motor vehicles would merge left on a four-lane road and completely cross the center line on a two-way road.

The bill would also eliminate a 1968 law that requires cyclists to use a bike path if one exists next to the roadway.

Advocates say the bill is easier to for law enforcement to monitor and simpler for motorists to remember.