Originally Posted by
carlotta
Ugh. Nice enough weather and the legs felt good but two detractors this morning.....
*Commuter passed me on the right on the MUP--I had moved left to avoid a piece of 20' long piece of failing trail that everyone rides around, but apparently not this guy because he was right on my right hip when I went to move back right....you can't wait 20' to pass me???? and he wasn't on my left shoulder when I moved left....
*Cop (motorcycle) chewed me out as I was turning into work for turning left from the traffic lane and not the bike lane. I had also moved into the traffic lane to go around a sloooooow bike in the bike lane (it's uphill) and the cop saw that and gunned it up behind me to yell at me, even though I signaled both my pass and my turn and if he would've been behind me a block earlier he would've seen three bikes blow past me while I waited for the red light to change....... guess it's time to figure out Philly bike laws since what I did is legal in other places I've ridden and that's a turn I make every day....
I don't see anything in Pennsylvania state statutes that prohibit making a left turn from a traffic lane or passing a slower rider. This is from the statutes regarding bicycles:
[3301(b). Vehicle proceeding at less than normal speed.
Upon all roadways, any vehicles proceeding at less than the normal speed of traffic at
the time and place under the conditions than existing shall be driven in the right-hand
lane then available for traffic, or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge
of the roadway, except when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the
same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into an alley,
private road or driveway. This subsection does not apply to a driver who must
necessarily drive in a lane other than the right-hand lane to continue on his intended
route.]