The law in FL is:
316.2065 Bicycle regulations.-
(5)(a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations:
1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction.
2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway.
3. When reasonably necessary to avoid any condition, including, but not limited to, a fixed or moving object, parked or moving vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, animal, surface hazard, or substandard-width lane, that makes it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge. For the purposes of this subsection, a "substandard-width lane" is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
(b) Any person operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left-hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable.
Key words "as practicable" and which means if you don't want to be sharing a lane because you don't feel safe, are avoiding an obstacle, or you feel the lane is too small for you and a car then you are allowed to take the lane. Most (if not all I haven't checked everyone) states have similar wording in regards to bicycles in traffic.
I figured you didn't actually ride (much less in traffic) due to how much you obsess about flats. <shrug>
Last edited by Raiyn; 12-17-04 at 11:38 PM.