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Old 06-15-06 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by N_C
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There is an unenforced city ordinance that states if there is a rec. path parellal with a roadway cyclists are to use the path.
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In your opinion, & aside from violating this unenforced law is there anything wrong with doing this?

I am asking for opinions here, feel free to state what ever you wish on this matter.
I'd enlist the help of local cycling clubs to petition the city to repeal its ordinance requiring sidepath use. That's what we did successfully here in Cary, North Carolina. Here is an article about how and why we did it, including the letter we wrote to the transportation planners and police chief:

http://www.humantransport.org/bicycl...yclinglaws.htm

-Steve Goodridge
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