Illegal to ride on sidewalk? - Page 2

Originally Posted by Nukuhiva

As far as the City of Albuquerque is concerned, you are a 'vehicle' while riding a bicycle.

With all the rights and responsibilities that entails.

This means that you're (technically) not allowed on the sidewalk.
Everybody does it anyway, since riding on busy roads is VERY VERY risky, the law be damned.
I'll try to keep my sidewalk bike jaunts to a minimum and will ride on the sidewalk only if my own persoanl safety so demands.

Above law also means that you, the cyclist, are (technically) entitled to take up as much room as any car/truck/bus/semi in a lane.
In actual reality, you will die if you insist on this.
Someone will kill you, either because they didn't see you/didn't expect you there/ their brain has no room for a cyclist on the street or because they hate your guts for making them 3 seconds late for their date with a triple greaseburger with super-extra-mega large fries and the BIGGIE GULP.
Some might just shoot you or throw random items, chcuckling happily and druggedly as you tumble to your death, if you do this in the wrong neighborhood.

Luckily, the cops are quite aware of this and would rather see you break the law by riding on the sidewalk than having to scrape your broken carcass off the street with a putty knife.