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Re: police say it is illegal to ride bicycle on the street

Rich 18 April 2005 17:55:50
 jrpogo@gmail.com wrote:
I live in Horn Lake, MS, and I noticed the police telling teen-agers to> ride their bikes on the sidewalk not the street. I asked the police> officer and he said that it was "Illegal" to ride a bicycle on the> street if there is a sidewalk avaliable.

The cop's wrong.

http://www.gomdot.c­om/bicycling/laws.ht­m
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Max 16 April 2005 07:34:09 permanent link ]
 In article <1160sn2h1ltj5b0@co­rp.supernews.com>,
Rich <richa_colorado@yah­oo.com> wrote:
jrpogo@gmail.com wrote:>
I live in Horn Lake, MS, and I noticed the police telling teen-agers to> > ride their bikes on the sidewalk not the street. I asked the police> > officer and he said that it was "Illegal" to ride a bicycle on the> > street if there is a sidewalk avaliable.>
The cop's wrong.>

perhaps, perhaps not -- the cite above is insufficient to know.

Some municipalities' ordinances include very specific language about
bicycles and bike paths, _specifically_ _requiring_ cyclists to use a
bike path if it's available/adjacent to the road. I know mine (St.
Charles, Il.) does because i looked it up recently. Although unlikely,
it's possible that Horn Lake requires sidewalk riding, or possibly the
section of sidewalk relevant to this thread was actually a designated
bike path (it happens, for ex the last northward jog on the Illinois
Prarie Path's Geneva Spur takes a sidewalk for 1/4 mile).

there may also be some sort of age-related weirdness.


Of course, the cop may in fact be wrong. Until we read the Horn Lake
city / village municipal ordinances as amended we cannot know.

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OnTwoWheels 16 April 2005 11:06:25 permanent link ]
 In California the vehicle code specifically states that local jurisdictions
cannot override the CVC.


"max" <betatron@earthlink­.net> wrote in message
news:betatron-B5045­0.22342515042005@new­s1.west.earthlink.ne­t...> In article <1160sn2h1ltj5b0@co­rp.supernews.com>,> Rich <richa_colorado@yah­oo.com> wrote:>
jrpogo@gmail.com wrote:> >
I live in Horn Lake, MS, and I noticed the police telling teen-agers
ride their bikes on the sidewalk not the street. I asked the police> > > officer and he said that it was "Illegal" to ride a bicycle on the> > > street if there is a sidewalk avaliable.> >
The cop's wrong.> >
perhaps, perhaps not -- the cite above is insufficient to know.>
Some municipalities' ordinances include very specific language about> bicycles and bike paths, _specifically_ _requiring_ cyclists to use a> bike path if it's available/adjacent to the road. I know mine (St.> Charles, Il.) does because i looked it up recently. Although unlikely,> it's possible that Horn Lake requires sidewalk riding, or possibly the> section of sidewalk relevant to this thread was actually a designated> bike path (it happens, for ex the last northward jog on the Illinois> Prarie Path's Geneva Spur takes a sidewalk for 1/4 mile).>
there may also be some sort of age-related weirdness.>
Of course, the cop may in fact be wrong. Until we read the Horn Lake> city / village municipal ordinances as amended we cannot know.>
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Dennis P. Harris 16 April 2005 11:24:04 permanent link ]
 On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 03:34:09 GMT in rec.bicycles.misc, max
<betatron@earthlink­.net> wrote:
Some municipalities' ordinances include very specific language about > bicycles and bike paths, _specifically_ _requiring_ cyclists to use a > bike path if it's available/adjacent to the road. I know mine (St. > Charles, Il.) does because i looked it up recently.

in most states, local governments are not allowed to pass such
laws. this ordinance may be illegal under state law.


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Pat 17 April 2005 02:16:47 permanent link ]
 

:
: MICHIGAN VEHICLE CODE PERTAINING TO BICYCLES
: OPERATIONS OF BICYCLES, MOTORCYCLES AND TOY VEHICLES VIOLATIONS OF 257.656
: TO 257.661A AS CIVIL INFRACTIONS; DUTY OF PARENT OR GUARDIAN; REGULATIONS
: APPLICABLE TO BICYCLES AND MOTORCYCLES.
:
Um, Michael, I believe the original poster said he is in Mississippi....but
thanks for going to all the trouble to look up and type out the regulations.
Interesting reading!

Pat in TX


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Just zis Guy 17 April 2005 13:09:46 permanent link ]
 On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:28:09 GMT, max <betatron@earthlink­.net> wrote
in message <betatron-2F4574.10­282616042005@news1.w­est.earthlink.net>:
Sounds like Illinois cities can require >bikes to ride on the path if it's available.

Interesting. Given that international research shows that sidewalk
riding is more dangerous than riding in the carriageway I wonder what
other rules they have which require people to increase their risk for
the greater convenience of those who are posing all the danger in the
first place...

My bet is that the cop is plain wrong.

Guy
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Rich 18 April 2005 17:55:50 permanent link ]
 max wrote:> max wrote:
Here's the St. Charles Illinois reg, 10.11.2320, Riding bicycles on> roadways:> "Whenever a usable path for bicycle has been provided adjacent to a> roadway, bicycle riders shall use such path and shall not use the> roadway. (Ord. 1987-M-74 В§ 2.)"

Interesting read. They also require a bell and license plate.

Rich
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