Originally Posted by
Paul Barnard
I also said above, I couldn't put a finger on when. That's part of why I asked the forum. It's almost as if you think I am baiting with my questions. They aren't loaded at all. We have a standard of reasonableness in the law and I am always interested in what reasonable people think. The reasonable standard is pervasive in our law, and like you, I think it's a generally good standard. At times though it can be a bit difficult or troubling to apply. In this case, I'd say that impeding took place (in the link I provided) when he looked behind and realized that several drivers were unwilling to pass him.
It's hard to say definitively from a video, but it looks to me as if he is intentionally going slowly with the intent to annoy. He is riding in a manner in which I would never ride. But I'm not certain whether or not that constitutes a violation of the law in that jurisdiction. Obviously the judge thought so.