Originally Posted by
TromboneAl
According to the TV news, a nearby town (which I ride through frequently) is cracking down on cyclists who, for example, don't stop at stop signs.
I need to decide whether slowing down almost to a stop, is good enough to avoid a ticket, or whether I need to actually put my foot down. Experiences?
The City of Atlanta (and the entire metro area for that matter) seldom tickets cyclists for anything.
But given the fact that I'm very belligerent about exercising my right to the road, I also try to temper that by obeying the rules of the road.
Since I can't really do trackstands on my road bike, I unclip and put a foot down, If I were less well known locally for insisting on my right to the road I might slow to a walking pace and proceed if I had the ROW (which would be a more sensible rule for a cyclist to follow -- but that isn't the way the law's written).