-=> Quoting Dave Hughes to Ken Peck <=-
 KP> No license is required for bicycles (human powered  ones) in Texas. 
 KP> Bicycles are considered vehicles and follow the same rules of the road
 KP> as other vehicles, although some motorists and bicyclists  seem not to
 KP> be aware of this.
 DH> Your comment about the fact that "some motorists AND bicyclists seem
 DH> not to be aware of this" is all too true. I can overlook motorists'
 DH> ignorance, but cyclists who are unaware of it are risking their lives!
 DH> I ride on the road as if I belong there (which I do...right?), and
 DH> typically drivers seem to respect that, at least around where I live,
 DH> out in the rice-growing areas south of Houston. But, I see people with
 DH> nice-looking equipment even, who should know better, riding on the left
 DH> side of the road (????!!!). One of these days, I'm just going to stop
 DH> one, and at the risk of pissing him off real bad, tell him about it
 DH> before he has a serious encounter with a motor vehicle.
Or another bicycle.  Haven't you ever encounterd one of those yahoos while
you were riding?  What is the "rule of the road" for going around one of
those wrong way jerks?  I have adopted the policy of holding a straight line
and going full steam ahead at the guy and yelling at him to on the right side
of the road.
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