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Old 10-24-2014, 07:22 AM
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Exactly. You should treat bikes as slow moving cars. You pass them on the left when it is safe to do so and they are just as entitled to occupy a lane as you are.

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Originally Posted by Walter123 View Post
From what you're describing the bikers were doing the right thing. The fact that you say you had to swerve around each biker worries me a bit. Maybe stay in the left lane until you pass all of the bikes.

I think the law should take second place behind common sense on the bike vs car vs golf cart vs walkers issue.