Originally Posted by
RISKDR1
<<<EDIT: ...and before you start crying "impeding traffic, here is the CVC section on that:
21656. On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow-moving vehicle, including a passenger vehicle, behind which five or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or wherever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicles following it to proceed. As used in this section a slow-moving vehicle is one which is proceeding at a rate of speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place. >>>
Perhaps this should apply to the bike rider since a bike is a vehicle.
It does, but please read the nuances of that law carefully:
1) 5 or more vehicles are backed up behind - this doesn't mean a couple of cycles have to pull off right away for a single impatient driver! It would be polite, but NOT legally required
2) "at the nearest place designated by a turnout...or wherever a sufficient area for a safe turnout exists". The key word is SAFE!Hugging the edge of the road far too often tempts cars to pass where there insufficient room to safely pass!! This is illustrated by the
recent death of Matthew O’Neill up in Solvang area. Lit up like a Christmas tree, hugging the edge of the road, yet still sideswiped by a truck pulling a horse trailer that did not allow sufficient room while passing.