Finally got to ride to work today!

[Blueberry]

NC has a law like that for motorcycles, but NOT bikes. Go figure

[Melalvai]

NC has a law like that for motorcycles, but NOT bikes. Go figure

In Missouri, it was the motorcyclists who were pushing for that particular law. The Mo Bike Fed folks contacted the motorcycle organization and asked if they could include "bicycles" in the language. Of course they said yes, and welcomed a new ally.

It would be a good move for the NC bicyclists to find a friend in the state legislature and add "bicycle" to the existing law. It wouldn't meet with much of any opposition, and would be good publicity for that organization.

[sfa]

I don't think there's a law like that in Maryland; I'll have to look into it. As it is, at that particular intersection I don't think I could have used that approach without ending up a dead red(head) myself. There was a lot of traffic in the cross street! I'll have to try triggering the light the next time--I'm pretty sure there were cuts in the pavement. Thanks for that advice!

And now there's not going to be a next time for the next three weeks--I have to drag my daughter to and from camp the next two weeks, then we're on vacation for a week. That'll give me plenty of time to look read all the threads about saddles--I don't know if I just need to get re-used to my old saddle or if 18 years, ten pounds and two HUGE babies have changed my anatomy enough that I need something different. I was fine at work all day, but hurting by the time I got home.

Sarah

[Blueberry]

It would be a good move for the NC bicyclists to find a friend in the state legislature and add "bicycle" to the existing law. It wouldn't meet with much of any opposition, and would be good publicity for that organization.

*sigh*

In a very shortsighted move, most NC cyclists opposed the law adding bicycles. They were afraid that "special treatment" would erode bikes otherwise being treated as vehicles. Logic, sadly, did not prevail.

CA