Originally Posted by
Leisesturm
I do not know in what context Forresters opinions were made known. Context matters. America is a strange place and its legal precepts and statutes are full of loopholes and favoritism. I wouldn't interpret any judges decision as indicative of anything. I didn't say all cyclists should be in the bus lane, I said that "I would have been in that bus lane". And I would have. I would make better time in the bus lane, even with the parked cars than another cyclist using the vehicle lane. To me it wouldn't be a surrender, it would be an advantage! I see everyday, cyclists exercising their "right" to be vehicles, and I laugh, because I choose to exercise my right to be an innovative exploiter of my advantages of small size and width and use all available avenues for forward progress. FWIW.
You do get that the roads are safest for
EVERYBODY when
EVERYBODY operates in a safe and
PREDICTABLE manner, right? And that "popping in and out" from between parked cars that you are
NOT acting in a predictable manner. And that if anything that you'd be more not less likely to draw the attention of any LEO in the area who's going to rightfully wonder why you are behaving in the manner that you are.