Talk:Bicycle law in the United States

"Bicycle law article does not represent worldwide view of the subject" tag
This is true. It is also something that I was aware of before the tag was placed.

By it's very nature, law is a somewhat parochial endeavor. In the United States alone, there are 50 separate state court systems,50 separate state legislatures, a federal court system, with some federal courts even dealing with specific areas of the law, a national legislature, and a tribal court system and tribal legislatures. By the nature of the complexity of the law, no America lawyer can possibly be familiar with more than a small segment of the law. Now consider that there are nearly 200 countries in the world, each with their own court systems, legislatures, and legal traditions. It is virtually impossible for any one person to author an article addressing that complexity.

Nor would it be possible to write an article that addresses that complexity, and still remain within some sort of manageable article length. Furthermore, some countries will have an extensive body of bicycle law, while other countries may have little-to-no bicycle law. That being the case, whose perspective gets presented? By default, it will be the perspective of those nations with an established body of bicycle law.

Nevertheless, it is true that this article is currently focused on U.S. bicycle law. It is also true that the article is not complete-- it is still being written. As I expand the article, I will include discussion of bicycle law in other countries, as my knowledge permits. For example, I will be including a discussion of the Netherlands law that establishes a prima facie presumption of negligence on the part of the motorist in any collision between a motorist and a cyclist. I will also be including a discussion of the Netherlands requirement that the motorist's insurance pay for the cyclist's injuries, even if the motorist is not at fault. That said, for a more complete discussion of bicycle law in the Netherlands, or Denmark, or the U.K., or Canada, or France, or any other country that has a developed system of bicycle law, it will be up to legal experts in those nations to contribute to this article. Blue Order (talk) 23:47, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * One possibility is to rename the article to match the scope of the content - "Bicycle law in the United States of America" or even narrow it to a specific state. -- de Facto (talk). 23:55, 24 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Yes, renaming that might work. Or, alternatively, having a general article about bicycle law that represents a worldwide view, with internal links to bicycle law main articles for specific countries (in this case, an internal link to a main article about bicycle law in the United States). I'd have to think a bit about how to accomplish the latter, given my lack of expertise on the law outside of the U.S. It might be that your suggestion is best. Blue Order (talk) 00:21, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Better to rename it "- in the US" and pull out the other countries covered, into bicycle law in the UK, bicycle law in Australia, etc, with their own regional laws and appropriate languages/spelling. Right now the article is fundamentally inconsistent with european countries laws and so just creates confusion. SteveLoughran (talk) 15:43, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

✅ I've renamed it. &mdash; Hex    (❝ ?!  ❞)   19:18, 6 November 2012 (UTC)

Helmet Law
Someone should really write a section on helmet law. Eg, in Victoria Australia it is illegal to ride a bike without a helmet. Cliko (talk) 09:39, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

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