I want to know whats the best and most polite thing to say when stopped by a police officer that thinks you should not ride in the street at all but on the sidewalk? I had this happen and just said ok but can they do anything about it ? I ride my bike to the far right of the street as possible but still giving myself enough room when need be. When there is no cars behind me I take up a little more, almost as much as a normal car for safety reasons on four way stops. At lights I do the same thing. Though once I am pass the light or four way stop I try to move over to the far right as much as possible to let any cars behind me by. If I am about to be at a stop sign I keep my whole lane to let the car or cars behind me know that I am about to stop. Is it a good idea to print out the laws in your state about bicycle's ridding in the street to show the police officer or does that not really matter much ?
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