Originally Posted by
50PlusCycling
Nowhere in any drivers handbook in America will it specifically say that where there is a bike lane, a bicycle can still ride on the street. And even if it did, you wouldn’t find a question in a written drivers license test. That being the case, drivers will of course think that a cyclist shouldn’t ride outside a bike lane.
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Here’s a link to the NYC law that essentially states to use a bike lane except when conditions occur that makes it unsafe.
https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloa...es-english.pdf