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Old 10-25-2014, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by sunnyatlast View Post
Now I would like somebody to explain how it is preferable and safe for a wobbly, uncertain bicycle rider to be on a 4-lane avenue going 11 mph in a 35mph zone……
I'm not sure that anyone ever said it was preferable or safe, just that it was legal. I agree that a wobbly rider is safer on the MM path.
I have flashers on my bike and I wouldn't dream of riding at dusk on a busy road.
It doesn't make sense to me either. But bicyclists are entitled to a three-foot clearance, no matter if they're going fast, or slow and wobbly. It's the law.
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