Yeah, we have a really cocky bunch of cyclists in our area. We have complained about them for various reasons, they scream that they have a right to be there and so on and so forth, well, one day, one of them didn't follow the rules of the road and he was given a ticket. He tried to argue and got all nasty, but the cop said, hey, you want to be on the road, well then you have to obey the laws. He handed him the ticket. We were all very pleased when this happened. All they do is ride in rush out traffic, 3 and 4 across and they go outside their bike lane. They don't stop at the stop signs and they hold everyone up. I can't stand to see them and I think it should be illegal. The first time one of them hits a bump in the road, they are going to fall right into traffic and I guarantee you that they will turn around and sue whoever hit them. I have seen them slow down traffic from the speed limit of 45 mph to 30 mph on a major highway, it is wrong.
We see the same thing. They ride like the rules don't apply to them and get mad when they get a ticket or a car gets too close to them--even though THEY are in the wrong
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Minnesota, right?
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/bike/roadrules.html
Copy of laws for how the cyclist should ride his bike if riding on the road:
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/getp...22&keyword_type=any&keyword=bicycle+operation
What is rather unfortunate is that the actual drivers of cars aren't familiar with their own laws and prefer to pass judgment and in some cases applaud the actions of truck/car drivers while admonishing the cyclists actions.
In Minnesota, the road is part of the network. I could not find any law that said if a bike path is 10 feet away, that it was compulsory to use that instead.
My chicken self would have chosen what I felt to be the safer option, but I don't understand why folks believe that a cyclist does not have a choice under the law.
Yep, and if you read the actual LAW, the bicyclists are in violation of that law, not the cars:
Subd. 4. Riding on roadway or shoulder. (a) Every
person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as close as
practicable to the
right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except
under any of the following situations:
(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding
in the same direction;
(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or
into a private road or driveway;
(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions,
including fixed or moving objects, vehicles, pedestrians,
animals, surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make it
unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge.
They ride as close as possible to the LEFT side of the shoulder-illegal. They zoom through stop signs, red lights, etc.-illegal.
Also:
(d) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle
which is of such a size as to prevent the operator from stopping
the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot on the highway
surface and restarting in a safe manner.
Which is where we see these bike riders-on the highways around here-illegal
As well as:
Cities also have ordinances that govern the use of bicycles in their city limits. Check out the city ordinances in the city you will be traveling.
In our city-if there is a BIKE PATH available, bikes are to use the BIKE PATH, not the road.
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The roads here that don't have bike paths have extra wide shoulders with bike lanes painted in them and the bikers STILL ride in the car lanes 
