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Motorized Bicycles | Florida Bicycle Law — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:02:07 +0000

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By: DWB

DWB — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:43:51 +0000

Apparently the bicycle riding laws don’t apply to bicycles, police, and all others. There is a corner on main street right next to Froggys Bar that no one obeys..ie 4 way stop. I was surprised to see police, sherriffs , 90 % of motor vehicles that don’t obey this aera. If I was a cop I COULD GET MY QUOTA FOR THE MONTH IN 1 day. I have seen Deputys , Daytona Police watch that corner get busted more than anyother other corner in Daytona. and nothing is done. Ever thow there is a sign on main street that says bicycle riding isn’t allowed on sidewalks if is done by all.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:26:19 +0000

Just ask them for the forms to register your “bicycle” and you’ll either get a form or (more likely) wierd/confused looks.

(side note; there are at least 6 towns in Palm Beach county that require registration and every single one of them, when I called for the registration form, told me that there was no reg needed anymore)

If anyone can find me a municipality that DOES allow for registration, I would like to know it.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:16:06 +0000

The problem is…
Even though municipalities may have laws written in their ordinances pertaining to registering bicycles, I believe that the (computer) system that the County that the city resides in, may have removed that.

Example: Here in Lake Worth there is an ordinance written stating that you need to register any bicycle used within the city ( there is no stipulation regarding where travel originates ).
I went to talk with the person (West Palm Beach Sheriff) that is/was in charge of that for the town and he told me that the computer system no longer allows for inputting of bicycle registration.

So even though it says you need to register it in the town ordinance, there is no physical way of doing it.
(therefore you can’t register it and they need to either change the system back or remove that ordinance)

The best suggestion I have for anyone is to actually go to both the local police station and county sheriff’s office and ask them directly.

By: E. Simms

E. Simms — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:11:34 +0000

It’s odd that the ordinance does not exempt tourists or other non-residents. Their bicycle travel wouldn’t necessarily originate from outside the city. I wonder if the police would actually cite tourists who bring their bikes along for the trip…or five year olds.

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:11:50 +0000

Daytona (beach) is also one of those “lucky” municipalities that also state that one can have a gas motor (under 50cc) added to it and keep it legally a bicycle.

By: fred_dot_u

fred_dot_u — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:36:51 +0000

It was interesting to read the local codes for Daytona, as I live in the general area. A specific point of value was that when travel originates from outside the city, a bike registration is not required. It’s discouraging to learn that one could have one’s bicycle confiscated for not having the registration. As a resident of the county, I’m happy to learn it does not apply to me.

A strange portion of the local codes defines vehicles as… excluding bicycles. The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing, in my opinion.