In aus.bicycle on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:51:01 GMT
Spider1977 <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> You can ride your bike in the middle of the lane and obstruct traffic if you consider it is unsafe
> to ride "as close to the left as practicable" which is the rule for all vehicles, not just
> bicycles. As one other
You aren't allowed to ride widely separated, if there's 2 of you, you can only be 1.5m apart. That's
about the only restriction.
from the Australian Road Rules:
151 Riding a motor bike or bicycle alongside more than 1 other rider
(1) The rider of a motor bike or bicycle must not ride on a road that is not a multi-lane road
alongside more than 1 other rider, unless subrule (3) applies to the rider. Offence provision.
Note Bicycle, motor bike and multi-lane road are defined in the dictionary, and rider is defined
in rule 17.
(2) The rider of a motor bike or bicycle must not ride in a marked lane alongside more than 1 other
rider in the marked lane, unless subrule (3) applies to the rider. Offence provision. Note
Marked lane is defined in the dictionary.
(3) The rider of a motor bike or bicycle may ride alongside more than 1 other rider if the rider is:
(a) overtaking the other riders; or
(b) permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction. Note Overtake is defined in the
dictionary.
(4) If the rider of a motor bike or bicycle is riding on a road that is not a multi-lane road
alongside another rider, or in a marked lane alongside another rider in the marked lane, the
rider must ride not over 1.5 metres from the other rider. Offence provision.
(5) In this rule: road does not include a road-related area, but includes a bicycle path, shared
path and any shoulder of the road. Note Bicycle path is defined in rule 239, road-related area
is defined in rule 13, shared path is defined in rule 242, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.`