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<blockquote data-quote="rscottb" data-source="post: 2831698" data-attributes="member: 101710"><p>In all 50 states, bicycles are legally vehicles. With some small additions in state statues for bicycle drivers to keep to the right to allow motorized vehicles to pass on the left. As a vehicle, bikes are required by law to travel in the same direction as motorized vehicles. This is a shining example of wrong way riders, better known as idiots on bikes. I have almost hit an old lady on a bike going the wrong way on a divided highway and I looked the correct direction as this gentleman did. You have idiots in cars and a few ride bikes, so there are plenty idiots on bikes. </p><p>Most law enforcement are poorly trained on the state vehicle code and usually less informed on bike specific statues and many really have zero clue. In Florida, we have a law enforcement guide for bicyclists and pedestrians available online if you would like to read and heed.</p><p>Since I am now retired with a disabilty from the US Army, I shoot pistols and shoot and reload quite a variety of rifles from 5.56 to 30-06 Garands and now have the luxury to shoot beyond 300 meters with my choice of personal weapons and use my choice of sights. Still looking to do a night shoot at 3000 meters as we used to do as my original MOS of tanker life, maybe over a 1000 meters with 6.5 Creedmoor is more reasonable instead.</p><p></p><p>Since I can no longer run due to my disability acquired during my twenty plus year career as a US Army Scout, I ride a bicycle for my cardio. This tends to be more dangerous than being down range with incoming small arms fire at times due to poorly designed roads and idiots in cars.</p><p></p><p>If roads were designed and enforced for all users, motorized vehicle drivers and bicycle drivers would be less stressed with each other. </p><p></p><p>So, get off your high combustion powered horse and realize that we all pay fuel taxes for state roads and property taxes for local roads. I pay my required usage fees for my two cars, two bicycles and two RVs. With my money pit RVs, I pay quite a bit of fuel taxes and the decent house pays quite a bit of property tax.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rscottb, post: 2831698, member: 101710"] In all 50 states, bicycles are legally vehicles. With some small additions in state statues for bicycle drivers to keep to the right to allow motorized vehicles to pass on the left. As a vehicle, bikes are required by law to travel in the same direction as motorized vehicles. This is a shining example of wrong way riders, better known as idiots on bikes. I have almost hit an old lady on a bike going the wrong way on a divided highway and I looked the correct direction as this gentleman did. You have idiots in cars and a few ride bikes, so there are plenty idiots on bikes. Most law enforcement are poorly trained on the state vehicle code and usually less informed on bike specific statues and many really have zero clue. In Florida, we have a law enforcement guide for bicyclists and pedestrians available online if you would like to read and heed. Since I am now retired with a disabilty from the US Army, I shoot pistols and shoot and reload quite a variety of rifles from 5.56 to 30-06 Garands and now have the luxury to shoot beyond 300 meters with my choice of personal weapons and use my choice of sights. Still looking to do a night shoot at 3000 meters as we used to do as my original MOS of tanker life, maybe over a 1000 meters with 6.5 Creedmoor is more reasonable instead. Since I can no longer run due to my disability acquired during my twenty plus year career as a US Army Scout, I ride a bicycle for my cardio. This tends to be more dangerous than being down range with incoming small arms fire at times due to poorly designed roads and idiots in cars. If roads were designed and enforced for all users, motorized vehicle drivers and bicycle drivers would be less stressed with each other. So, get off your high combustion powered horse and realize that we all pay fuel taxes for state roads and property taxes for local roads. I pay my required usage fees for my two cars, two bicycles and two RVs. With my money pit RVs, I pay quite a bit of fuel taxes and the decent house pays quite a bit of property tax. [/QUOTE]
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