Originally Posted by
Bekologist
Hahahaha.
i support cyclists right to control lanes when needed.
what a propagandist. Mr Bates was convicted of RECKLESS DRIVING , not a bike law.
TTC
§ 545.401. RECKLESS DRIVING; OFFENSE. (a) A person
commits an offense if the person drives a vehicle in wilful or
wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
Well, yes, in a way. Because the police believed that Bates was violating the side-of-the-road law, which was then found to be inapplicable, they managed to get him prosecuted and convicted of doing what he obviously was not doing, and was incapable of doing. That was, acting to damage the property and injure the persons of such motorists as might be so negligent as to run over him while he was operating in accordance with the rules of the road for drivers of vehicles.
Of course, as always, Bek is arguing for the motorists' side of the discussions rather than for the cyclists' side.