Biking Guidelines and Laws for Denver and Colorado
Submitted by greggles on Thu, 2006-11-02 11:27.
Are you a bicyclist or motorist or pedestrian in Colorado and specifically Denver?
Probably.
So, read this
It's a guide to the bike laws in Colorado/Denver and also to best practices to be a safe rider and a safe driver. Bike accidents are bad. Worse still are cars that don't see bicyclists or that ignore the bicyclists legal standing on the road. Bikes are ILLEGAL on the sidewalk in Colorado unless they are going the same speed as pedestrians. Bicyclists are in the road because we're following the law and because it's the safest place to ride.
Thanks.
Sidewalks
I almost hit a biker yesterday. Not because he was in the street, but because he was flying up the sidewalk as I was coming out of an alley. If he had been in the street I would have seen him. I can't stand all the bikers that ride on the sidewalk here in Denver. I am from Philadelphia where you can get a ticket for riding on the sidewalk. Please bikers, go play in traffic.
the thing is
Bikers want to be in the street. 2 days ago a drivers in a car honked at me, yelled at me, and swerved her car at me.
So, we're not allowed on the sidewalk and not in the street. We need more folks like you who are drivers who advocate for bicyclists in the street.
Maybe you'd be willing to put something like these stickers or this one on your car?
bike support
I really don't support bikers here. I do acknowledge them as having a right to the road, but I noticed that in the city of Denver, the majority of bikers don't obey the traffic signals such as stop signs and stop lights. I resent that because if I hit one of them while driving because they disobeyed the signs, I believe I would still be responsible. Therefore, I would more biker eduacation that they need to obey the same rules that cars do.
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