The "claim a lane" approach is actually legally defensible in MA, despite what the legal code may claim. You're riding in a manner necessary to be safe. So long as you're not, say, blasting down Broadway in the middle of the lane, you're fine. (Think Centre Street in JP here, for why you'd rather block traffic in some cases. It's that or the trolley tracks.)
Mangosteen: I suggest you call the municipality you were in when that happened. Talk to the police, and ask them to enforce traffic law more aggressively on bicyclists. They need to be doing it anyway. Write the City Council too, for that matter.
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Date: 2004-05-14 12:41 pm (UTC)Mangosteen: I suggest you call the municipality you were in when that happened. Talk to the police, and ask them to enforce traffic law more aggressively on bicyclists. They need to be doing it anyway. Write the City Council too, for that matter.