Archive of questions, answers about Florida bicycle laws and law enforcement
Question Francis submitted this article from the Northwest Florida Daily News. ‘I’m just trying to ride in peace’: Questions arise over motorized bicycles. In summary, bicycles are being retrofitted with gas-powered helper motors, and law enforcement is ticketing the drivers. …
Question Pete asked: There is a multi-use trail that places stop or yield signs facing trail users where the trail crosses roads or entrances into business, and the crosswalks are marked. While riding recently, we approached one of the yield …
Question Tom asked: The city is finally repaving a very busy street and city officials have told me they want to discourage bike use on this street. They won’t consider bike lanes because of the streets narrow width and won’t …
Question Brett asked: Car traveling a 4-lane road going north. Bike going east to west crossing said road not at the light but 25 feet before light and crosswalk and crosses road while the green light gives north/south traffic right …
Question Jim asked: My family, which includes several experienced cyclists, is visiting xxx in Florida and have had some interesting experiences with police and a bike shop employee who have told us that we cannot ride on the roadway and …
Question Guillermo asked: I made a right turn into commercial shopping area and out of nowhere an officer on a bike on the sidewalk almost hit my car. He said I was not looking for pedestrians’ right of way. In …
Question Chris Burns asked: Group of cyclists pull up to a traffic signal. Their presence does not trigger or activate the traffic light to change. It won’t change from red to green. Are they legally entitled to go through the …
Question Dana asked: As more bicycles and riders enter our roadways and ride in traffic with motor vehicles, I am concerned that certain bike riders that I encounter seem to display a righteous indignance about the “3 foot law” when …
We are in the process of reviewing and revising older information on the site. July 17, 2014 – Since this seems to be a popular post, we are adding the most recent information about gas motors on bicycles. It was …
Question Gabe asked: What are the laws about mopeds and how do they relate to the statutes about bicycling?