JinbaIttai
Member
Just to give a heads up, the bike lane laws seem to vary from state to state greatly.
In some states, it seems to be illegal to use a bike lane/bike path.
In other states, if a bike lane is available, it is illegal NOT to use it.
The Hawaii state law on this is explained pretty well in this news article:
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/08/12/news/kokualine.html
I know it sounds as if Hawaii is probably not a good example considering how isolated it is and all, but the thing is that the Hawaii state law reads almost word for word the same as the California state law as posted in this thread:
http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=4755
The wording is really obscure it looks backwards at first. But this means if you don't use the bike lane in California you can be ticketed. And if California and Hawaii use the same wording, probably several other states do too.
In some states, it seems to be illegal to use a bike lane/bike path.
In other states, if a bike lane is available, it is illegal NOT to use it.
The Hawaii state law on this is explained pretty well in this news article:
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/08/12/news/kokualine.html
I know it sounds as if Hawaii is probably not a good example considering how isolated it is and all, but the thing is that the Hawaii state law reads almost word for word the same as the California state law as posted in this thread:
http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=4755
The wording is really obscure it looks backwards at first. But this means if you don't use the bike lane in California you can be ticketed. And if California and Hawaii use the same wording, probably several other states do too.