05-26-2016, 02:27 PM
Quote:One of those concerns is that, if a driver comes over the brow of a hill and encounters two side-by-side cyclists, neither the driver nor the cyclists will have enough time to react.
If that is the case, it means that either the driver, the cyclists, or both are driving too fast. I can guess which one it probably is.
Regardless, even if it is illegal to ride side by side now, I don't think it is a well-enforced rule.
Quote:Police rarely stop cyclists from breaking the law, in my experience. Often that is because there is no way to identify them. Cyclists don't have to have a licence or any identification with them.
I find this hard to believe. Whether you carry any sort of identification card or not, police can enforce the laws. And you can be identified without an identification card. It seems like the justification for requiring a licence is so that you have another piece of ID to carry to assist in enforcement of the law.
Regardless, the presumption that allowing cyclists to ride two abreast on Regional roads is going to result in anarchy is ridiculous.