FLCC> Biking to work

[Scott E. Smith]

Thanks Andreas for clearing that up.  I found the cycling rules here after
after your email:

http://www.nysgtsc.state.ny.us/bike-vt.htm

Basically, you can ride double except when being passed by a vehicle
(which would leave out busy roads).

On the 2nd point, you're correct too.  If we want to encourage cycling, we
should stress safety from an educational point of view and can the
negative stuff.

Scott




> Scott E. Smith wrote:
>> If there are multiple cyclists on the road, they can ride two abreast.
>> Common sense might dictate that a group of cyclists would revert to
>> single
>> file on a busy road, but legally they have every right to ride double
> Scott,
> This is not true. It is *not* legal to ride two-up on a busy road.
>
> It is legal to ride two-up, but when there is overtaking traffic, the
> riders must single up. This is New York law and in the bicycling booklet
> that the DMV used to have.
>
> I like the point of your letter; maybe someone will  make a more
> condensed statement of your central theme -- info for that portion of
> drivers who honestly don't know. If it were me, I'd can all the stuff
> about hostile drivers and throwing things -- the point is that it really
> is rare, an infinitesimal fraction of all drivers we see. Any time you
> raise the issue of the "dangers of cycling," no matter how much you say
> it's a small part of the picture, people always hear "cycling is so
> dangerous, no sane person would do it." If anything, I'd mention a few
> instances where drivers really are cooperative by passing when safe or
> the like -- events that happen all the time.
>
> Anyhow, just wanted to hit that two-up issue.
>
> Andrejs
>