Tour de France wannabes need to ride within the shoulder space a
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Villas - Tour de France wannabes need to ride within the shoulder space allotted to them. Too many of them belligerently ride onto the white line and even over it, swerving into traffic, creating the potential for a wreck. If you accidentally hit one of these bike riders, you will suffer. You will possibly be arrested. You will bear the financial brunt of another person's foolishness. Meanwhile, they keep daring you to hit them.
Moderator's Note:
According to the state Department of Transportation's website, "Every person riding a bicycle on a roadway shall ride as near to the right roadside as practicable exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction. A bicyclist may move left under any of the following conditions: 1) To make a left turn from a left turn lane or pocket; 2) To avoid debris, drains, or other hazardous conditions on the right; 3) To pass a slower moving vehicle; 4) To occupy any available lane when traveling at the same speed as other traffic; 5) To travel no more than two abreast when traffic is not impeded, but otherwise ride in single file. Every person riding a bicycle shall ride in the same direction as vehicular traffic. In New Jersey, the law states a bicyclist must obey all state and local automobile driving laws. A parent may be held responsible for the child’s violation of any traffic law. For more information on biking in New Jersey, go to https://goo.gl/SFiP11.
Print Publication Date:
7/19/2017