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Old 06-09-2008, 02:22 PM   #1
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bicycles should be ridden on the side of the road unless they can ride the posted speed limits . then and only then should they be out in the travel portion . Any proffesional riding organization will tell you that .

a person operating a bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility device, low-speed vehicle, or moped upon a roadway must ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or a vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

a person operating a bicycle upon a highway or street at less than the existing speed of traffic would have to ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway, except as follows:

-- When overtaking and passing another bicycle or any other vehicle proceeding in the same direction.

-- When preparing to turn left.

-- When conditions make the right-hand edge of the roadway unsafe or reasonably unusable by bicycles, including surface hazards, an uneven roadway surface, drain openings, debris, parked or moving vehicles or bicycles, pedestrians, animals, or other obstacles, or if the lane is too narrow to permit a vehicle to overtake and pass a bicycle safely.

-- When operating a bicycle in a lane in which the traffic is turning right but the bicyclist intends to go straight through the intersection.

-- When operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway or street having two or more marked traffic lanes, in which case the bicyclist could ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of that roadway as practicable.


I respect bicyclists that follow the rules and have a brain .
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Old 06-09-2008, 02:32 PM   #2
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From the use of the word "practicable", I know you didn't write that
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Old 06-09-2008, 02:48 PM   #3
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copy and paste . Im not writing that much crap . would take me forever the speed I type . LOL
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Old 06-09-2008, 03:02 PM   #4
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I am going to take both sides on this I feel as though that it is ok to ride a bike on the side of the road, just as long as your aware of the motor vehicles around you, and give them the right away.

The thing I don't like about them, is the fact that most of them (not all) ride next to one another and not in single file that drives me insane it's not right and simply rude!

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Old 06-09-2008, 02:51 PM   #5
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bicycles should be ridden on the side of the road unless they can ride the posted speed limits . then and only then should they be out in the travel portion . Any proffesional riding organization will tell you that .
But it's also completely subjective as to what's safe. Different riders with different skills on different roads could mean anything...it's still just as much your road as anyone else.

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