It's terribly presumptuous, and dangerously incorrect, to misinform the forum that SMV-FRAP laws allow slow moving vehicles like mopeds, bicyclists, golf carts, horse drawn carriages, and even disabled or overloaded motor vehicles to take any lane position on a two lane road.
Originally Posted by sgoodri
The generic slow vehicle statute only requires that the operator traveling below the maximum posted speed limit use the right hand through lane if lanes are marked
might sound intoxicating to a bicycle driver, but it is woefully incorrect.
Slowly moving vehicles must operate to the right, as far right as is safe, aka FRAP, on two lane roads in every state (except alabama) to facilitate overtaking.
The bicycle specific instruction from the NCDOT makes this clear to bicyclists in repeated statements about keeping right. from the state DOT to bicyclists....
"Slow moving vehicles must keep to the right side" "if you're going much slower than traffic, keep well to the right"
the clear intent, the long standing convention and the wording of SMV-FRAP laws like North Carolina's clearly require slowly moving vehicles to keep right on a two lane road.
tirelessly promoting the wrong interpretation of the law does not make it so, no matter how much ardent take the laners want to rewrite the clear meaning of traffic laws about slow moving vehicles.
two lane roads are when keeping right is at its most crucial for orderly overtaking.
It is terribly misleading to suggest that NCDOT
doesn't require bicyclists to follow the law. Explicit instructions from the NCDOT and the clear intent of traffic law make it obvious how bicyclists need legally operate in North Carolina.