Does anyone know the actual laws regarding biking in Vancouver. I've always wanted to see them. For instance my old roommate was given a speeding ticket coming off burrard bridge.
Vancouver bike laws
Does anyone know the actual laws regarding biking in Vancouver. I've always wanted to see them. For instance my old roommate was given a speeding ticket coming off burrard bridge.
Was he riding in the vehicle lane and going above the speed limit? Then yes, he is considered the same as driving a vehicle under the BCMVA, and was speeding.
Section 183 of the BCMVA should be mandatory reading for any cyclist.
"The song of a bird…We used to ask Ennesson to do bird calls. He could do them. How he could do them, and when he perished, along with him went all those birds…"-Return from the Stars, Stanislaw Lem
"We just walk around, and sometimes we go out and dance, and then we listen to the environment."-Ralf Hutter, Kraftwerk
When on the road bike are governed by the motor vehicle act. There are certain rules that apply specifically to bike that are also laid out in the act. Cities also have the right override certain part of the act. I have links to most of this on my work computer and will post it tomorrow.
General rule of thumb is if a car can not do it then neither can a bike.
Does anyone know the actual laws regarding biking in Vancouver. I've always wanted to see them. For instance my old roommate was given a speeding ticket coming off burrard bridge.
The City of Vancouver has a bylaw subsection of the BC MVA specific to bicycles:
http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/transport/cycling/safety/regulations.htm
I'm pretty sure the Burrard Bridge bike lanes have posted speed limits that are very easy to reach.
Does anyone know the actual laws regarding biking in Vancouver. I've always wanted to see them. For instance my old roommate was given a speeding ticket coming off burrard bridge.
Frame it, sounds like you could make up some good stories to support it.
Just discovered this "program" this morning, pretty hilarious and cool and strange and interesting: http://vancouver.mybikelane.com/
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