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Belding, Troy C. (troy@rosie.uh.edu) wrote:
: > 
: Obviously not as ignorant as you.  Yes, many, if not most of automobile
: drivers break the law.  But, unlike the bikers I often see, they are
: at least aware of their surroundings.  The most blatant example are 
: all of the bikers on the wrong side of the road. 

: Go by your local library and look in their books of statutes on bicyles.
: Vernon's would be a good one, although that is primarily Texas.  We are 
: all limited by our research, and our local knowledge, but at least I 
: try to be more aware.  

DUH!!! Gee pal do you think I pulled these opinions out of an old coffeee 
can in my cupboard. When I say to you "Courts have consistently...." that 
might mean what? Gee lets see..... Maybe I actually read about legal 
decisions involving bicycles!!! WoW. When I say to you "The commerce 
department published a study on bicycle traffic that concluded...." that 
might mean I have done what?? hmmm I dunno... Maybe I ACTUALLY RESEARCHED 
THE SUBJECT. I give you interpretations of Texas Law from the courts 
no less and an extensive Commerce Dept study on bike accidents. You give 
us ficticious laws involving walking bicycles across streets. Follow your 
own advice. Go study up...

Look. De facts be this. Courts have consistently uphelp that bikers may 
behave as motor vehicles on the roadway even if it inconveniences 
motorists. This is an interpretation of Texas Law. 
Bikers behaving as auotmobiles under normal circumstanes (i.e. not 
on interstate highways and such) are statistically less likely to be 
involved in accidents according to the Commerce Dept study.

: To be honest, if there is noone else on the road, or quite a distance
: between us, I really dont give a sh*t what a bicylist, car driver, or 
: twinkie on a skateboard does!  But when they don't even show common
: sense (as in the joggers that jog on a busy road when an empty sidewalk
: is six feet away), then I get really offended.  All insults aside, I 
: have yet to see a cop go after a cyclist for anything more than chaining
: his bike to a traffic sign.

Maybe you might conclude then that the bikers are not breaking the law. 
You have a deluded sense of what the law is. I have no doubt that if you 
can dream up ficticious non-existant laws you can dream up situations in 
your own memory with a greater frequency then they actually occur.


Andrew