Bicyclist pisses everyone off by ‘legally’ riding in the street (2020)

Re:Bicyclist pisses everyone off by ‘legally’ riding in the ... by cirrus3 on Friday September 23, 2022 @09:22PM (#32958954)

These types of guys are dumb. No sympathy. Just because it was declared legal doesn't mean it is a good law. We have lots of laws like that, but most of them won't get you killed swiftly.

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Re:Bicyclist pisses everyone off by ‘legally’ riding in the ... by eesmith on Saturday September 24, 2022 @03:40AM (#32960499)

I ... think it's the other way around?

It reads like the law wasn't allowing something which was previously illegal, but was setting limits on an action which used to be legal.

That is, cyclists used to be able to be in anywhere in the lanes of traffic going the appropriate direction. Now they have to have a reason for not being on the right.

And wanting to avoid running into car doors opened suddenly is still a valid reason - it was never declared illegal.

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