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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-09-13, 01:11 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

No, taxpayers got screwed because the police...

No, taxpayers got screwed because the police harassed one cyclist who was following the law instead of enforcing the actual traffic laws.
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-07-13, 04:17 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

No they didn't. They ruled that a person riding a...

No they didn't. They ruled that a person riding a bicycle traveling on the shoulder in New Jersey is not given the privileges and duties of a vehicle operator, because they are not operating on the...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-06-13, 10:03 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

If only you had been there to present that...

If only you had been there to present that incredibly compelling argument to the NJ Supreme Court! Alas, they only read the laws as written.



We've argued this before, and I have shown you many...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-06-13, 05:17 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

You're not offering logic. You're offering...

You're not offering logic. You're offering assertions and ignorance.

Here's an example (2, really) of cycling on the shoulder not being in accordance with traffic law:
...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-06-13, 02:53 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

Reading.....OK, a breakdown lane is a wide...

Reading.....OK, a breakdown lane is a wide shoulder. All breakdown lanes are shoulders but not all shoulders are breakdown lanes.

http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/source/mass/cmr/cmrtext/700CMR7.pdf...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-06-13, 02:31 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

It is indicating a choice between two available...

It is indicating a choice between two available options.




No. If it meant that, it would use the language of the bike lane, which IS something you have to use: "shall be driven either on a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-06-13, 06:43 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

That pdf makes no references to laws. ...

That pdf makes no references to laws.

https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter85/Section11b


Drivers who are driving in the shoulder (or 'breakdown lane') are ticketed...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-05-13, 08:11 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

Then I am happy with the outcome. AFAIK,...

Then I am happy with the outcome. AFAIK, bicyclists in Massachusetts are not only not required to use the shoulder, they are prohibited from traveling on the shoulder by the same law that prohibits...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-05-13, 08:08 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

So let's say you're on a high traffic volume...

So let's say you're on a high traffic volume road. Traffic behind you wants to pass. So you pull off the roadway onto the shoulder. Since traveling on the shoulder is against the law, you wait for a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-04-13, 09:48 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,198
Posted By benjdm

It's also ambiguous about what moving to the...

It's also ambiguous about what moving to the right requires. Do you have to move over to the shoulder or merely move right within the lane?

I've been searching to try and find the actual...
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