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Month: May 2010

Bicycle Towing

By Geo Posted on May 30, 2010 Posted in Ask Geo, Bicycle Equipment 1 Comment Tagged with Towing

Question Franks asked: I was riding my bicycle and had my son attached to my bike via a small rope to the rear frame while he was on his skateboard holding on. An officer stopped us and told me that …

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Pavement Ribbon?

By Geo Posted on May 27, 2010 Posted in Ask Geo, Bike Lanes 15 Comments Tagged with bike lanes

Question Jeff asked: A ribbon of pavement exists to the right of the white stripe of the right-hand-most through traffic lane. It appears to have been designed and constructed to the specifications of a bicycle lane. However, there are no …

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Bicycles Impeding Traffic

By Geo Posted on May 25, 2010 Posted in Ask Geo, Impeding Traffic 18 Comments Tagged with impeding traffic

Question John asked:  Recently my friend and I were stopped for impeding traffic on a road way of less than 14 feet. I looked up the law on your site which states on roadways less then 14 ft, the vehicle …

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Assault and Battery

By Geo Posted on May 17, 2010 Posted in Ask Geo, Misc 5 Comments Tagged with Assault and Battery

Question Barbara asked:  If I am traveling the direction of the arrow in the bike lane and a pedestrian is walking toward me and pushes me off my bike and hurts me is this a problem?

Response to Harassment: Request for Law Enforcement Assistance

By Geo Posted on May 5, 2010 Posted in Ask Geo, Misc 4 Comments

Too frequently, we receive reports of bicyclists being harassed or threatened while riding as legal roadway users.  Fortunately, these incidents are only due to a very small part of the population.  However, they always have the potential to be deadly. …

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