Bike Lights and Paved Shoulders
Question Jeremiah asked: I need to ride a bike to work. There is not a sidewalk to ride on along the highway to or from my home and work. Since I have to ride on the shoulder, do I have …
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Riding Against the Flow of Traffic
Question James asked: Is it illegal to ride a bicycle against the flow of traffic down a one-way street in Florida?
Making a Right Turn Across a Bike Lane
Question Myriam asked: If I am driving down sunset street and there is a bicycle path to my right and I need to make a right turn on 137th avenue, do I turn right from my lane, or do I …
Bicycle on Private Property
Question Theresa asked: Do cycles need to stop before making right lane turn. On private property that has a stop sign. When a car is at the stop sign and cycles comes up on the car who has right way?
Motorized Bike Power Rating
Question Rafael asked: An e-bike store owner informed me that all e-bikes sold after January 2017 must be engraved with the wattage and rating of the electric motor–looking for verification as I can not find any information on this in …
Crash in a Crosswalk
Question Kirsten asked: My friend and her husband got hit by a woman in a car, while they were on their bikes in a crosswalk. No one was injured but their bikes got messed up. The woman who hit them, …
Bicycle Groups and Bike Lanes
Question Elizabeth asked: Every weekend there are cyclists that gather in large numbers. They clump together spilling out of the bike lane and blocking at least half of the road. This requires vehicles to drive at a snails pace until …
Bicycling in Destin, Florida
Question Bob asked: My wife and I are coming to Destin for the month of February. We were thinking of bring our own bicycles, very common bikes that we ride in our small Missouri town. We realize that we would …
Right of Way in State Parks
Question Judith asked: I was walking in a Fl State Park on an elevated walkway about 3 ft wide. I was hogged from behind by a biker and fell 4 ft down to the ground. The ranger told him he …
Bicycle Lights
Question Angie asked: Does law require the rear bicycle light to be only a reflector or does it have to be a battery operated flashing red light?