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Originally Posted by astrahl
As to the "one foot from the sidewalk" BS, go out to a road and look at the crap that gathers there. First of all, that is the gutter. You can't ride a bike in the gutter. 2, with all the car-related garbage at that margin, a cyclist cannot safely ride 15-20 mph there.
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I don't write the laws, I just try to obey them. The "I'm above the law" mentality is a big part of the problem, whether you are behind the wheel or behind a handlebar. Things are a bit different up in the mountains, we are probably talking apples and oranges here.
This is a picture of the road that is my primary commute.
Note the blind curves. Also note that the speed limit is 35mph. A cyclist in the middle of the lane doing 2mph uphill around a blind curve, doesn't stand a chance when a car comes around the corner. The driver of the car doesn't have a chance to miss them. I've been hit on my motorcycle by cyclists that cannot control their lane usage while going downhill. If you can't control your vehicle and obey the single file law, then you ought to be riding in the flatlands where the law is different.