In ex-soviet countries, cyclists are not allowed to be on a highway, nor can they turn left* ***
*unless it’s a single lane road, as cyclists are required to be in rightmost part of rightmost lane, and they cant legally turn left from any lane other than left-most, where they cannot be **
**unless it’s a third turn right only lane sprawling off existing 2-lane road, in which case they are allowed to stay in the middle lane
*** they can kinda turn left by going forward until the corner, turning in place, an pretending they came from the right road****
***** None of this matters, though, anyway, as half the riders dont give a shit, and the other drives on the LEFTMOST part of the road, right into incomming traffic, as they think seeing incoming cars the cars somehow makes them safer
A comic where everyone is wrong.
Cyclists (myself included) if you’re sharing the road, follow traffic laws. Cars drivers (including myself) there is no need whatsoever to escalate a situation like this.
Depending on the highway, the cyclist is fine. Considering they’re taking a left turn it is likely a 2 lane highway, where cyclists are allowed, and that cyclist is following the road rules, even signalling their turn.
Nah. The minimum speed limit on a highway is generally 40 MPH. I’ve never seen a bike go that fast except maybe downhill or possibly a racing bike. Most people go a max of 20 MPH.
What does speed have to do with legality? I see bikes on 2 lane highways semi-frequently.
It’s illegal to drive significantly slower than the free flow of traffic. Your vehicle becomes an obstacle under these conditions.
I kinda like looking up laws, so I just double checked and, in Washington state at least, it’s completely legal to ride a bicycle on highways. The impeding of traffic law (RCW 46.61.425) is limited to motor vehicles. RCW 46.61.770 states that bicycles traveling slower than the speed of traffic should ride to the right, setting a legal precedent for bicycles traveling slowly on the road. It even has an exception for riding to the right if you’re turning left, as the cyclist in the OP is doing.
Not sure where all of the cyclist hate is coming from. Living in rural areas and traveling many 2 lane highways on road trips, it isn’t uncommon where I am to see cyclists.
The cyclist is following traffic laws and is taking the lane and signalling a turn. It’s typically car-brained to think anything impeding the movement of motor vehicle is against the law.
Not in a highway. There’s no bike lane on a highway.
We have signs explicitly saying “no bikes, carriages, horse on highway” at the on-ramps, here.
Cycles are not allowed on highways. Neither are left turns for that matter.
What do you mean? Left turns are absolutely allowed on highways. Depending on the state, the definition of a highway involves traffic lights.
A lot of folks use the term highway to mean interstate highway or elevated or separated highway, where bikes and pedestrians are prohibited.
I usually use the word freeway for those types of roads, but that shouldn’t include tollways which usually also prohibit bikes and pedestrians.
We’ve always called it the interstate where I’m from. Highways are like like your two lane State roads. Then you got like your county County country roads.
Technically highways are any road that driving a motorized vehicle on requires a registration, license etc. basically any public road.
What the fuck. Oh well, in civilized countries at least.
I’ve checked several European states and china and each one of them has traffic lights on highways. I think there might be a misunderstanding. Freeways lack traffic lights, highways move slightly slower and can have traffic lights
Oh, I see, I am referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled-access_highway I guess you are not.
My country’s State Highway system only has motorways like that for about 350 out of 11,000 km.
thats not very good for safety
Yeah our road deaths per capita are a wee bit worse than the European average (the lack of trains definitely doesn’t help) but our roads are statistically a fair bit safer than countries like the USA that build a lot of huge motorways!
Yeah, let’s tread carefully around vaguely-defined English words in an international community.
What does the state of the highway have to do with traffic lights? Are the ones in need of repair have less traffic lights?
Why would you need a gun against a cyclist when you’re driving a 2-ton death machine?
Because it’s funnier and more unhinged
