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08-02-2011, 06:00 AM
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"get on the f*****g sidewalk!!!"
I know this has been posted about before here. But today, "GET ON THE F*****G SIDEWALK!!!" is what some lady in a Chevy Impala yelled at me today while I was riding. It is what happened after that I find it rather funny. Click the link to read about it.
"GET ON THE F*****G SIDEWALK!!!"
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08-02-2011, 09:08 AM
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Wow. I'm glad you're safe. Also, I'm not certain about Iowa but it's a high possibility that while on your bike you are considered to be a vehicle. Just like any other 4 wheeled vehicle or two wheeled motorized vehicle on the road. You have all the rights in the world to assume the lane when it comes to your safety. GL and be safe out there.
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08-02-2011, 11:08 AM
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I had a similar incident happen to me a few years ago. I was riding through a residential neighborhood near my own when a mini van passed me. A man was driving and the female passenger yelled out the window for me to get on the sidewalk. They turned right just in front of me. Knowing that they must be very near their home since the street was no outlet, I followed. At this point, the dude must have been crapping himself and probably not too happy with his passenger. They pulled into a cul de sac and into their driveway. I rolled up right behind them. The passenger got out and started to apologize profusely. I shook my head and continued on riding. Hopefully, she learned her lesson.
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Last edited by hophead; 08-02-2011 at 08:09 PM.
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08-02-2011, 03:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LEOON2
Wow. I'm glad you're safe. Also, I'm not certain about Iowa but it's a high possibility that while on your bike you are considered to be a vehicle. Just like any other 4 wheeled vehicle or two wheeled motorized vehicle on the road. You have all the rights in the world to assume the lane when it comes to your safety. GL and be safe out there.
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I know in Texas if you're on a bike, motorized or not, you have to obey all traffic laws that cars do. Signal, stop at lights/stop signs, yield to peds, etc.
Did you know not using your blinker is an arrestable offense?
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08-02-2011, 04:13 PM
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I was riding not long ago and this old guy pulls beside me --- rolls his window down and asks-- WHAT DO YOU THINK THE GRASS IS FOR?????
I replied ....."It's for YOU....you old GOAT"
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08-02-2011, 07:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hophead
I had a similar incident happen to me a few years ago. I was riding through a residential neighborhood near my own when a mini van passed me. A man was driving and the female passenger yelled out the window for me to get on the sidewalk. They turned right just in front of me. Knowing that they must be very near their home since the street was no outlet, I followed. At this point, the dude must have been crapping himself and probably not too happy with his passenger. They pulled into a cul de sac and into their driveway. I rolled up right behind them. The passenger got out and started to apologize profusely. I shook my head and continued on riding. Hopefully, she learned he lesson.
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By pulling into their driveway behind them they could have called the cops on you and had you arrested for trespassing. Plus you don't know if they were armed or not.
It would have been better to stop on the road in front of their house.
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08-02-2011, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Digital_Cowboy
By pulling into their driveway behind them they could have called the cops on you and had you arrested for trespassing. Plus you don't know if they were armed or not.
It would have been better to stop on the road in front of their house.
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I didn't pull into their driveway. I was still in the street.
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08-02-2011, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by hophead
I didn't pull into their driveway. I was still in the street.
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Even if you had, as long as you don't go past the sidewalk, you're still on public land. FYI.
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08-03-2011, 04:49 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shocks_Pegs_LUCKY
I know in Texas if you're on a bike, motorized or not, you have to obey all traffic laws that cars do. Signal, stop at lights/stop signs, yield to peds, etc.
Did you know not using your blinker is an arrestable offense?
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Likewise in VA. There's a park that bikes ride in nightly in small, med, and lge groups(our own little TDF) and if you don't stop at the signs, the Park Police will stroke you.(not in a good way either)
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08-03-2011, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shocks_Pegs_LUCKY
Even if you had, as long as you don't go past the sidewalk, you're still on public land. FYI.
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I'm not 100%, but I think that you might be wrong about that. In most if not all cities/counties/states it's what's called "public easement." There's a case in I think Va where an off duty cop removed two bicycles from a no parking sign on his property.
It was his property, but it was also the public easement. Meaning that he was responsible for it's upkeep, and paying taxes on it, but that the city/county/state could place a no parking sign in it, or a stop sign, or a speed limit sign or anything else that they needed to.
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