Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
But Steve! Didn't you see the the stout defense of referencing obsolete and silly ordinances by other BF posters on this list, when they believe that those obsolete or silly ordinances might somehow be used to punish cyclists that fail to give an audible warnings whenever passing any pedestrian or bicyclist?
I oppose such ordinances as much or more due to my dislike of their abuse for racial profiling than for personal concern of being prosecuted over them. If I as a spandex-clad road-biking white male riding to the store in the suburbs have no realistic chance of being pulled over for such, why should a black male riding to the store in a rough neighborhood have to deal with it? At least enforcing laws like lights at night might do some good as a side effect.