You still haven't explained where these "traditional rules of the road" are to be found. Who wrote them? Where can I read them? Your answer would be a prime example of a tautology.


So if I understand you correctly, in order to ride VC, I need to memorize my state's motor vehicle code, the specific provisons that apply to bicycles, and follow those unless the statute contradicts the "traditional rules of the road" in which case I follow those, (even though I don't know where to find them)?

So if officer friendly pulls me over for violating the traffic code, I can just tell him its ok because I was following the "traditional rules of the road."


This is where VC doesn't make sense. Either you follow the motor vehcile code or you don't. I don't particularly care one way or another. But you can't have it both ways. Also, if the actual laws are irrelevant if they contradict the "traditional rules of the road," then why do you careif there are mandatory bike lane laws because according to you, all one needs to do is follow some undefined set of ephermeral "traditional rules of the road."