jrpogo@gmail.com wrote:>

The cop's wrong.>

http://www.gomdot.c­om/bicycling/laws.ht­m

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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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.

Sounds like Illinois cities can require >bikes to ride on the path if it's available.

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.)"