I've been stopped twice by the California Highway Patrol. Once I was doing 40 down the Baker Grade on I-15 in a fully faired recumbent. He called. "It is illegal to drive on the shoulder." I replied, " do you see the bike chain going around the pulley by the rear wheel?" "Oh, its a bike, Sorry, have fun." And he drove off. Met him and his partner later by the Mad Greek in Baker and showed him the machine.

A week later I was stopped as I started to get on the 101 in Petaluma. "You can't ride on this road." I showed him the copy of the DOT map that said I could. After some grumbling he let me go.