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Originally Posted by fintstone
There should be a cycle lane paid for by road bike licensing fees. If a person wants to ride their bike on the road, they should be subject to the same rules as cars (including minimum speed) and ticketed.
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Absolutely!! Bikes on public roads are a hazard, plain and simple. If they can't maintain the speed limit (more than 10 mph under the posted speed limit is a ticketable offense in TN) and don't obey other traffic laws (like red lights - they often blow right through them) they should be ticketed. They never are.
This 3 foot law (in effect here in TN) also doesn't address whether crossing a yellow line is acceptable to enable the 3-foot clearance. I live off of a twisty, two lane road that is double-yellow lined for the most part. Once you get behind a bicyclist, you're stuck. For a long time. They refuse to move over regardless of how many people are stacked up behind them and they get to the red light at the end of our road and ride right through it as the rest of us have to stop. I've seen it happen many times.