*[Quoting Ken Peck to Leah Rozhon]
On 12-28-96  15:52, [About Computers]*
 KP> Well, in many places "riding the wide line which separates the bikeway
 KP> from the road" or the shoulder is actually illegal.  Until last year
The roads I was referring to do not have a bikeway connected to it.
There might be a 12-24 inch paved shoulder, but that's all it is.  It is
usually strewn with broken glass and stones so bikers prefer the main
pavement near the white line.  Some, if they are really moving, ride
legally in the passenger tire area to the left of the line.  Cars have
to acknowledge their presence there and can't force them into potholes
or squish them off the road.  I think I'd feel vulnerable there,
personally. :-)
 KP> Texas law specified that the only _vehicles_ allowed to ride on the
 KP> shoulder were emergency and maintenence vehicles.  Bicycles, being
 KP> vehicles and neither emergency or maintenence vehicles were supposed to
 KP> ride in the roadway.  (Which also excludes the white line.)
Do Texas drivers accept bikers on the road without a hassle?  Here in
Illinois, most drivers do, but those few who feel inconvenienced make it
risky for most of us who like to avoid confrontation.
Leah
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