[NMCycling] Fwd: HB 192 (5-Feet To Pass Bicycles) Final Vote-Help

[Todd Pilger via Bike-racers]

I also find it frustrating that drivers (and law enforcement) see the multi
use paths as bike specific paths when it serves their story that we don't
belong on the road. Those same people get mad at us when we ride faster
than they want on those very same paths and startle the wide variety of
users that can fill them up.  We get put in a lose-lose situation. Too slow
for the road and too fast for the path.

On Sat, Mar 16, 2019, 2:44 AM Doug via Bike-racers <
bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:

> "To the extent practicable, a person shall not operate a bicycle within a
> vehicle lane *if a separate *posted or painted bicycle lane or *pathway
> is provided* within or *adjacent to the roadway*". Are there any streets
> or roads that have no bike lane but do have an adjacent pathway? If so,
> bicycles will be prohibited. This statement could be used to cite
> bicyclists who wish to ride outside of narrow, so called bike lanes (Juan
> Tabo south of Southern Blvd comes to mind) or when a bicyclist rides in the
> lane while avoiding debris in a suitable bike lane.
>
> I’ve been told by a police officer that I shouldn’t be riding on Tramway
> while on the North-South portion. I think the “extent practicable” wording
> will be ignored by law enforcement.
>
> I often have motorists yell from their vehicles “you should be riding on
> the path that is been provided for bicycles”. Motorists can cite this law
> to force police to cite riders, for example, on Tramway and Paseo del Norte
> and we’ll be back to before the City Council permitted bicycles on limited
> access roads..
>
>
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