I'd Like to Give A Shout Out to.....
the assholes that keep honking at me when I ride my bike home from work and yell at me to get on the sidewalk. If you jackasses can read (which I doubt....you seem to be gigantic morons that think riding on the sidewalk is a safer alternative for me. Clearly, you can't see either because the sidewalks are littered with pedestrians and traffic pulling out of driveways that don't look where they are going...not to mention one of these people has already clipped my back tire not paying attention) I have taken it upon myself to spell out the bicycle laws in the fine state of Georgia. Please read thoroughly and stop hanging your head out of your big ass SUV/tricked out Honda like a dog and pay attention.
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. As used in this subsection, the term "hazards to safe cycling" includes, but is not limited to, surface debris, rough pavement, drain grates which are parallel to the side of the roadway, parked or stopped vehicles, potentially opening car doors, or any other objects which threaten the safety of a person operating a bicycle.
(b) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
(c) Whenever a usable path has been provided adjacent to a roadway and designated for the exclusive use of bicycle riders, then the appropriate governing authority may require that bicycle riders use such path and not use those sections of the roadway so specified by such local governing authority. The governing authority may be petitioned to remove restrictions upon demonstration that the path has become inadequate due to capacity, maintenance, or other causes.
(d) Paths subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this Code section shall at a minimum be required to meet accepted guidelines, recommendations, and criteria with respect to planning, design, operation, and maintenance as set forth by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and such paths shall provide accessibility to destinations equivalent to the use of the roadway.
(e) Electric assisted bicycles as defined in Code Section 40-1-1 may be operated on bicycle paths.
STOP FUCKING YELLING/HONKING AT ME....ASSHOLE!
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