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Old 02-15-11 | 03:25 PM
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From: Cary, NC

Bikes: 1983 Trek 500, 2002 Lemond Zurich, 2023 Litespeed Watia

In NC, the driver handbook specifically states that a bicyclist has the right to a full lane, and there is no bicycle specific law requiring cyclists to stay right. However, that didn't stop a local cop from pulling me over for cycling in the center of a narrow lane on a 35mph 4-lane street.

As annoyed as I was, I was careful not to show it. The cop was not being belligerent; he was just uninformed and thought what I was doing was dangerous. I listened to him politely and very gently revealed my credentials as a cycling instructor and safety advocate, my relationship with his superiors, etc. and in less than a minute into our conversation, he realized that I knew more about the subject than he. I left the scene cycling the same way I had started.
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