Originally Posted by
chicharron
<Run against traffic, bike with traffic. Those are the basic rules. However, you should not be running out in the traffic lane. >
I would like to respectfully disagree with most of you on this thread. Like most of the bicyclist on bike forums can testify, we have to constantly debate with the motoring public that bicyclist have the right of state law to use the local and state roads. In almost every state that I am aware of, motorist are required to share the road with bicyclist. Bicyclist have the rights AND responsibility to observe all traffic laws.
I am confident that in none of the 50 states are motorists or bicyclists permitted to drive against the flow of traffic. So, according to state laws, runners are not even supposed to be running in the street, let alone running in the opposite direction.
Dali: Run against traffic, bike with traffic. Those are the basic rules" I don't think these rules are written in your state traffic laws. Who wrote those laws, may I ask. Are the rest of us supposed to recognize these rules?
Ok, first of all, given that you are a member since 2004, and have 700 some odd posts, it would behoove you to learn how to use the quote post function, so it is clear exactly who you are quoting. As it is, your post is a mish-mash of quotes, and I am unclear as to what your question exactly is, and what you are quoting from others.
Next, as to your actual question, a quick search yielded this for CA vehicle code:
"California Vehicle Code, Section 21956. (a) No pedestrian may walk upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district otherwise than close to his or her left-hand edge of the roadway."
While I didn't search Montana vehicle code ( your location, based on your profile) I suspect there is something similar in there.