Bicycling on the Sidewalk
Question Jocelyn asked: I am going into middle school and I have to ride my bike and I don’t know if I can ride on the sidewalk or if I have to ride in the road?
Question Jocelyn asked: I am going into middle school and I have to ride my bike and I don’t know if I can ride on the sidewalk or if I have to ride in the road?
Question Alex asked: I was riding in a marked bicycle lane when a vehicle made a right turn through me. I was already at the hospital by the time the police officer arrived at the accident site. The driver of …
Question Eric asked: Here is a news article that has a lot of things wrong with it. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-07-12/news/os-taser-arrests-casselberry-20120712_1_tased-casselberry-officers-jaywalker But it did make me wonder. Can the police demand that you identify yourself in Florida? Demand that you show ID? Does …
Question Nathan asked: Is this movement legal, if one follows all pedestrian laws while crossing the road? http://i48.tinypic.com/vih2ds.jpg Would the answer change if there were no median break at all (and thus one would ride across the grass where a …
Question Peter asked: Need some help here in Osceola County. A beautiful new road – Narcoosee Rd., is a disaster in the works. Traveling south from Orange County on Narcoosee Rd, the bike lane is fully IAW Florida Law. When …
Question Alex asked: What do the statutes say about cyclists and pedestrians, particularly when a pedestrian enters a designated bicycle lane? What does it say when both are using a paved shoulder?
Question Mike asked: I understand that a cyclist is considered a pedestrian when they travel on the sidewalk although they must yield to “real pedestrians” who are afoot. What happens when a cyclist is using a sidewalk and then cycles …
Question Mike also asked: Florida Statues define a crosswalk as existing within the lines of sidewalks approaching a street. And the statutes are strong regarding the rights of pedestrians within those crosswalks. What if it is an intersection of …
Question Nathan asked: Is there a legal way to walk with traffic on a one-way street without sidewalks? Or do you have to go to the next block?
Question Paul asked: I own an electric bike that meets all the requirements to be classified a bicycle under s. 316.003(2), but the West Palm Beach police tell me that I am not allowed to ride it on City park …