Bicyclist/RV Death
Just read this am: clicky Having just come back from 3 weeks on 2 lane Idaho and Montana roads, I feel for the rider and his family, but also for the RV driver. 2 lanes, curves, and bikes = pro...
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Airdaile wrote:mich800 wrote:Airdaile wrote:whjco wrote:azdryheat wrote:
When you step foot in the ocean you become part of the food chain. Kind of the same on a roadway.
Like it or not, as aggravating as they can sometimes be, a cyclist has the same legal rights to most roads as we do with our RVs.
And I will afford them their rights as soon as I see one of them stop for a stop sign.
Case closed. I also have never seen someone in an automobile not obeying traffic laws. But I assure you. If I see someone in a car fails to stop, game on time to run them down.
Nice try. If a motorist runs a stop sign and a cop sees it, there's at least a chance that someone will get a ticket. Nothing ever happens to a biker - NOTHING. Never seen or even heard of a cop busting a cyclist. Scofflaws pure and simple.
Well BTDT. Back in the day (1972) when I was 19 and riding my bike to work one morning I came to a red light. It was early in the morning and zero traffic. As a young rebellion I thought why do I need to just sit here for no one. So I rode through the red light. A cop pulled up behind me lights flashing. He gave me a ticket for running a red light. He said I was under the same rules as vehicles.
So yes people do get tickets on bikes.
I will add though that was then and today I highly doubt a cop cares all that much about bicyclists.
