User talk:Born2cycle/CVCBikes

TO DO
I just discovered this article. It's a good start, and I've expanded on it some, but it has a lot of room for improvement. I'll start the TODO list off the top of my head below. Feel free to add to it... --Born2cycle (talk) 20:50, 24 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Add a section on 21208 (bike lanes) ✅
 * Under 21200, give examples of laws that apply only to drivers of motor vehicles (like following too closely ✅, and against racing ✅), and those that apply to all drivers (like traveling on the right side, obeying traffic control devices, etc.).
 * Add a subsection under 21200 devoted to the "preparing for a left turn" exception - including explaining how sometimes cyclists have to start merging left more than a block before they reach the turn (find reference for this).
 * Add a subsection under 21202 noting that single-file cycling is not required. ✅.
 * Add a section on equipment requirements, including bike lighting requirements, and explain why motor vehicle requirements (mirrors, turn signals) do not apply to bicyclists.
 * Give meaning of "practicable" in more detail, and explain ramifications better. ✅
 * Add a section on bicyclist helmet requirements (minors)
 * Explain why laws against impeding traffic do not apply to bicyclists who are traveling as fast as they reasonably can (reference Mionske).
 * Add links to this article from other relevant articles.
 * Add definition of a bicycle (device, not vehicle)
 * Add laws requiring adherence to stop signs and traffic signals, showing how they apply to bicyclists. Contrast with Idaho where bicyclists are allowed to treat stops as yields, and red lights as stop signs.
 * Add note contrasting Oregon turning laws and bike lanes with California's.
 * Add law requiring right turners to drive as far right as practicable to right edge, and contrast with 21202 exception for cyclists to move left at places where right turns are allowed.
 * Add law about (hand) turn signals
 * Add law about need to yield before changing line of travel - explain how bicyclists following fixed distance from edge line can - rather than fixed distance from center of roadway or lane stripe - can inadvertently change line of travel without properly yielding.
 * Add law about safe passing.
 * show cascade of laws/specs that make it so cyclists are required to ride in bike lanes only when they meet the specs, and what the Cali MUTCD specs are
 * Note that there is no law that requires bicyclists to ride on sidepaths (or "bike lanes" physically separated from the roadway). Note that 21208 only applies to bike lanes established on a roadway, and a lane physically separated from the roadway is not on a roadway.
 * Door zones. Explain why 21202 exception alleviates bicyclists from ever having to ride in door zones, even though motorists are required to check first (cite that law).
 * Compare/contrast shoulders and bike lanes. How do they differ physically? (stripe width, symbols, signs).  What are the legal ramifications?
 * When done, remove construction template