A while back My friends and I were stopped by the police because we were 
riding our bikes on the road rather than on the bike lane. Parts of the bike 
lane went up and down sidewalks and those next to the road would gather 
debris. I'm not sure if you've ridden on lanes going up and down sidewalks, 
but if you are going at a good speed you can easily lose control of the bike. 
Well we tried to explain this to the officer to no avail. We were told either 
to use the bikelane on the sidewalk or get a ticket. I was wonder if they had 
the right to force a cyclist to use the bike path if the rider deemed them 
dangereous??
Richard
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