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Originally Posted by baddog
I suggest you take some time to read the California DMV booklet a little closer the next time you have to study to renew your driver's license. What you have just stated violates CVCl http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/di...le=21200-21212
Unless a city has said it is legal to ride a bicycle on the sidewalks, it is illegal by default. |
Bikers seem to think they are above the law.
Here where I live we have three networks of trails that are not connected, and obviously bikers hit the surface streets to use them all in one shot. They use the main road a block from my house do this, which is fine. However, they don't seem to see the need to stop at the four way stop. You have the chickens with their heads cut off trying to get to work and then bikers speeding down five or a six at a time.... Just comical to watch.
My favorite though is a block from the freeway, where cars turn off the main road, make a right into a secondary road, and then head off to the freeway. I understand the bike path goes straight and that the biker has the right of way, but common sense tells you that cars traveling 40mph trying turn into a merge lane passing through a bike lane is just asking for trouble. It always seems to be an issue on Friday mornings at 7:30am as I'm passing by taking my kid to school. Twice in the past year bikers have been hit - badly - which also resulted in a chain collision because cars behind them kept on going. Common sense tells me that rush hour traffic doing 40mph trying to merge around bikers is suicide.