Originally Posted by Omeganoddy .
Please clarify WRT 'Hugging thewhite line'
Are you suggesting we all ride at the very limits of the road edge .. up against the kerb?
Where we can't be seen?
Mark
Mark, I guess you are asking me since I posted that comment.
Does my comment suggest that to you? Does it suggest that I am commanding others do it?
Did I start that phrase with, "Everyone riding a bike
should......."?
If it does it wasn't intended to be. It was just a comment posted suggesting nothing more than I ride to the right near the white line, which is what almost every cyclist in my area does.[COLOR= #ff0000](ref)[/COLOR] It is what just about every cycling group does in this area. It is what just about every race team does in this area. It is what is expected by the local authorities.
Just to clarify what hugging the white line means, which those in my area understand because there is often not a shoulder is that we try to stay as far right on the white line as possible and usually we cannot go to the right of the white line because most of the roads in my area do not have pavement past the white line.
Edit:
Reference
http://www.georgiabikes.org/index.php/resources/35/76-ga-bicycle-laws
40-6-294.
(a)
Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as near to the right side of the roadway as practicable, except when turning left or avoiding hazards to safe cycling, when the lane is too narrow to share safely with a motor vehicle, when traveling at the same speed as traffic, or while exercising due care when passing a standing vehicle or one proceeding in the same direction; provided, however, that every person operating a bicycle away from the right side of the roadway shall exercise reasonable care and shall give due consideration to the other applicable rules of the road.
(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles, or when a special event permit issued by a local governing authority permits riding more than two abreast.