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Bicycling

Up2Late

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2. This post reminds me of when I was a kid and got a ticket from the Bike Police...

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 12:48 AM

Oct 2012

...for riding on the sidewalks on Main Street. Not kidding.

So after we got the ticket, my best friend and I read what the other violations could be and one was "Riding more than two abreast," So, since riding MORE THAN two abreast was NOT legal, we assumed that riding two abreast WAS legal, Soooo we started riding two abreast everywhere we went, for a few weeks (or days, I can't remember).

Man, did we piss off a lot of drivers.

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Why is that idiot bicyclist in my lane? [View all] eridani Oct 2012 OP

"It's the safest place to be and he has the legal right to be there." wtmusic Oct 2012 #1

The third section is the one that seems to tick off some drivers. Gormy Cuss Oct 2012 #3

As a driver, I get ticked off wtmusic Oct 2012 #4

Just curious, but how can you tell from the car that he's not avoiding hazards? Gormy Cuss Oct 2012 #5

As I said wtmusic Oct 2012 #6

What makes it hard is a road system and laws designed to put cyclists at a disadvantage. Gormy Cuss Oct 2012 #9

Since cyclists are at a safety disadvantage wtmusic Oct 2012 #10

I completely agree on adopting Idaho's law. Gormy Cuss Nov 2012 #14

This post reminds me of when I was a kid and got a ticket from the Bike Police... Up2Late Oct 2012 #2

What a dorky thing to do wtmusic Oct 2012 #7

yeah, I think we were 14 or 15 at the time... Up2Late Oct 2012 #8

In most States it is illegal to ride a Bicycle on a Sidewalk happyslug Nov 2012 #11

Well yeah, I know that now, but I was 14 at the time, I think. They also ticketed us for... Up2Late Nov 2012 #12

It is actual worse in most states... happyslug Nov 2012 #13

Krik Edward krik65 Dec 2012 #15