Originally Posted By: AuntyM
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Often there is a huge string of traffic backed up behind the biker trying to make it up a grade because there is zero shoulder on the road and we must drive the same "speed" as the spandex sporting slowpoke.


What is the law in CA for "delay of vehicles"? Cops should be enforcing the law there AND here, where it's 5. It gets violated by motorized vehicles every day, and it's a major cause of accidents.

When you start putting camera's up to be traffic enforcement instead of hiring more traffic cops, dangerous drivers and bikers will keep doing stupid things because there's no one there to enforce the law.


I actually called the sheriff on that very subject, he said "The law states they have to pull over when it is SAFE to do so, and there is no safe place on that road to pull off on a road bike, therefore, there is nothing we can do. . . . "

Seems kinda lame to me and it pisses me off that the people in charge of orginzing these rides continue to create dangerous situations for everyone .. . . . especially when the biggest loser will be the biker. . .
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