Jumping red lights on a bicycle

[Sijray21]

The only time a bicycle is considered a pedestrian is if the rider is walking the bike.

this is my understanding as well. i thought you had to walk the bike across, legally.

ride as close as safely practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway

this is where it gets hazy. riding too close to the right and the driver may not see you or make a bad judgement as to whether they can pass the cyclist safely. i side with the safety of the cyclist in this case and say that riding more toward the middle (not in the middle) in low-light situations may yield a safer situation based on the visibility of the rider.

i also used the left-side of the left lane on Rt 7 last night when i went to grab my truck from the dealer because it was safer (no on-coming traffic, frequent intersections with right-turning lanes, it is more visible from a driver's perspective, and i eventually would have needed to cross 3 lanes of traffic to make an eventual left-turn a couple miles down rt 7). although the law says stay to the right edge or curb i did not deem that safe enough based on the traffic condition, so i stayed to the left of the left-lane. normally i do stay to the right edge or the right lane though - as do most cyclists i have seen ride (except on rt 7 in tysons corner).

[Evan]

rt 7 in tysons, now thats brave!

any honest effort not to impede or hold up traffic is fine by me, I know there are situations where a cyclists needs to move out towards the center momentarily and thats never a problem.

[.RJ]

rt 7 in tysons

you have got to be shitting me.

[Sijray21]

rt 7 in tysons

you have got to be shitting me.

i had to get my truck some how and yes, it was scary as f*ck. it was out of necessity.

[BLINGMW]

Chan, riding on sidewalks is way more dangerous. You've got pedestrians popping out of nowhere, cars don't see you as your approach crosswalks at decent rates of speed... It just don't work.

yeah I'm really only basing my thoughts on middle school and college riding, and I usually stuck to the sidewalks and felt a lot safer that way. I don't know what you guys face up there. :dunno: