Timeline for Riding on the shoulder of a road with a "do not drive on shoulder" sign
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| Mar 14, 2022 at 19:39 | comment | added | Michael | my first thought was if you do that undercover cop in the truck "next" to the sign will arrest you (that thing at the top/back of the cab has just enough color to see it as a compact light bar...) | |
| Mar 14, 2022 at 15:27 | comment | added | undercat | @rtaft Good point regarding state local regulations. I've researched the topic before asking, and in general bikes are allowed on highways in TX unless explicitly prohibited. Whether or not it's a good idea to bike there is a different question though. | |
| Mar 14, 2022 at 13:01 | comment | added | rtaft | not sure about TX, but here in NY bicycles are not allowed on highways at all. | |
| Mar 14, 2022 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/1503340171005202435 | ||
| Mar 14, 2022 at 5:38 | comment | added | Brian McCutchon | @FluidCode In my experience, the main use of a shoulder like this in the U.S. is for when cars need to pull over for some reason. They aren't dedicated lanes for emergency vehicles. | |
| Mar 14, 2022 at 4:41 | vote | accept | undercat | ||
| Mar 13, 2022 at 22:24 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Why not ask the local traffic cops? | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 18:54 | comment | added | Michael | @Criggie: Well, it does look fast and straight. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 17:32 | answer | added | Todd Minehardt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 13:11 | comment | added | Andrew Henle | @mattnz As you ride a bike and do not drive it, legally you have a fairly robust defense if you get a ticket. That's not likely at all: "Every person riding a bicycle ... on a highway shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle, unless the context of the provision clearly indicates otherwise." So saying, "But I was on a bicycle" isn't going to work in general. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 10:24 | comment | added | FluidCode | Why traffic is not allowed? If it is the equivalent of an emergency lane, reserved for emergency and police vehicles, then a bicycle would not be a big issue. In case of heavy traffic a car could not easily go back to the main lane if an emergency vehicle appeared, while a cyclist could easily stand aside. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 9:41 | comment | added | Jyrki Lahtonen | From looking at the photo I would interpret the sign to be targetting motor vehicles only, and use that nice and wide shoulder. I would further interpret that its width is exactly why the authorities want cars out of it. Nevertheless, in these parts I think all dual highways are for motor vehicles only. Usually they are marked as such, so I won't bet on it. But anyway I would look for alternative routes. Really hard. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 8:28 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Mar 13, 2022 at 7:50 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Honestly? Find a nicer route to ride on. That road looks awful for bikes. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 6:32 | comment | added | Michael | I have no idea about US road laws, but here in Austria a bicycle is a road vehicle like any other with a few special rights and restrictions (similar to e.g. horse carriages, mopeds). You’d definitely have to stay on the left side of the continuous white line. From a moral standpoint it’s also the right thing to do. Imagine if a car driver would use the shoulder to bypass a traffic jam. You’d be rightfully outraged because this is not a 3 lane road. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 2:18 | comment | added | mattnz | As you ride a bike and do not drive it, legally you have a fairly robust defense if you get a ticket. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 2:11 | answer | added | MaplePanda | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 0:36 | history | edited | undercat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Mar 13, 2022 at 0:21 | history | asked | undercat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |