Looking at the letters and posts that I've seen from Apex residents, the primary motivation for the town's special enforcement campaign seems to be the delay that motorists experience when they're "caught" behind a group that's large (longer passing zone needed) and wide (more difficult to see if that zone is clear).

When someone asks "What are good practices for a local group ride?", I refer them to the OBC's Group Riding Techniques. Those techniques minimize motorist delay by:

• limiting the number of cyclists abreast at any one time to two (by using a rotating paceline)
• having large groups break up into packs of a dozen riders (or less).

I'm thinking about how to get more local groups to use those techniques.