[TriLUG] [OT] TriLUGger on the news

Dave Sorenson dave at logicalgeek.com
Tue May 22 12:28:13 EDT 2007


Apples and oranges. Bicycles are classified as slow moving vehicles and 
are supposed to maintain as far right as possible. Motorcycles being 
vehicles that can maintain regular traffic speeds are not subject to 
that. I speak as a former TV news photographer who covered way too many 
of these types of accidents. If you are on a bicycle, and are in the 
middle of a traffic lane you will not get the same leeway from the 
investigating LEO in an accident, in fact you could be cited for 
impeding the flow of traffic and contributing to the cause of the 
accident. The car driver will likely get a ticket for running you over 
either way, but the bike rider certainly has responsibility to not 
impede traffic the same as other slow moving vehicles (farm equipment 
etc...)

Dave


William Sutton wrote:
> sorry, if I was riding a motorcycle in the lane and some idiot tried to 
> squeeze by me and hit me in the process, I would expect the police to mark 
> him as being at fault.  the same applies to the bicycle.  the only 
> difference is the speed of the vehicle.
>
>   



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