The 3 foot rule came about after one would not let a loaded concrete truck pass on single track but public road. So the truck eased by and "Mister Special" hit a rock and tipped under the truck. 

yessh, please don't get me going about the 'Spandex' boys... something else to look forward to...

It's bad enough NOBODY drives the speed limit on my road. Little grey car just did 56MPH in a 24MPH zone and me, the hidden driveway on the corner....

I'm sorry, but they DO NOT belong on the roads, we're not talking about kids riding in their subdivisions or in front of their house on a quiet city street(if there are any left)

these idiots come by my come by my house in packs of 25-50 or more four or five wide strung out for a 1/4 mile with traffic backed up for a half mile or more. There are only a couple of places to pass a single car, no way are you going to pass this herd! Above this,

they have more rights on the road than I do in my tagged, insured truck which the fuel tax payed for that road. I've been sitting at a stop sign and these idiots crowd up beside me right up against my bed and mirror, and if they hit my $1,000.00+ mirror (and yes, new mirrors cost that much) who do you think is gonna get the blame? I asked one of the deputies that patrols our area what would happen, he said most likely it would become a civil matter and lets see....... my word against 20-30 bikes. I think they should have a tag and insurance just like I have to, in our state it's the same with those stupid mopeds going 25 mph on busy streets, no tag or insurance needed??? WTF?

Several decades ago, a truck driver sharing most of the sentiments here decided to 'brush off' several riders on a windy saturday ride.  He Killed a WW2 POW, one off-duty highway patrolman, and a 13 year old girl.  Since then, Vehicular Homicide can count as First Degree Murder.  If you're angry with bicyclists, kill a few and find out what happens.  While you're at it, brush off someone on a horse, or a motorcycle, or another car.  Concealed Carry is easy, and now very common, in Spandex.

While obligated to follow signs and signals, pedestrians, human powered, and animal powered vehicles have right of way under ALL circumstances.  While it is RECOMMENDED that they ride as far right as possible, road conditions are as forgiving for a narrow tire, a buggy wheel, or a hoof as for an automotive or truck tire, so they are not required to.

When motor vehicles pass, they ARE REQUIRED to be completely in the other lane when passing.  Just like motorboats, sailboats, and rowboats, Motorized vehicles are NEVER the 'privelaged' vehicle over a pedestrian, human or animal-powered vehicle.

Shameless-  what 'stockholders'?  The only things that are 'free' on Ragbrai... saddle sores and exercise.  Bicyclists are motorists too... they pay taxes just like anyone else.

Ban the damn things from ALL roads! ---- They serve NO useful purpose on planet earth! --- Same goes for horses!  Tax the bastards like trucks and the number of them will drop in a heartbeat! 

In todays world roads are for motorized vehicles and these asshats are just out there causing grief to the general  public !

They seem to always stop for water just over the top of a hill or around a blind corner. After I have followed for a ways sure would nice if they pulled over on the dirt when there is not a bluff or canyon to stop them.

Yes I live in a beautiful country(that is why I put up with Fruits and Nuts),but there are a bunch of wine tasting rooms,a rock quarry, and lake access. All on a narrow,winding road with major hills, as well as a farmer or 2. But come on not the place for bike promoters to tell every biker to come ride. 

DMiller wrote: Dave K, you actually got that incorrect as to Pedestrians and riders having ROW as in maritime. On the Water the LARGER Vessel has ROW, Sailboats and smaller motorized craft are supposed to remain CLEAR of the larger, harder to maneuver vessels.

If you're willing to place a wager on maritime rules of the road, I'll place my USCG 100-ton pilot's license on the table.

The rule to which you speak, is not the law of man, it is the law of physics.

- Vessels under power are burdoned.

- Vessels under sail are privelaged over power

- Vessels under human, or adrift, are privelaged over both.

- Vessels moored are privelaged over all.

The title of size applies as follows:

(b)     A vessel of less than 20 meters in https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=def_3ij_length_bredth" rel="nofollow - length or a https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=def3c_sail_vsl" rel="nofollow - sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway.

--This is because the larger vessel is already under challenge of a narrow channel---

Note that part c includes that vessels engaged in fishing shall not impede a narrow channel, but fishermen always seem to.  Any of you guys fishermen?

When two sailing vessels pass, the upwind vessel is burdoned, and the downwind privelaged, because, while the downwind vessel is being passed, it is deprived of wind.  Shall I continue?  One whistle to starboard, two to port...

DMiller wrote: Same with Trains, they CANNOT maneuver away from a road vehicle thus the road vehicle MUST give ROW to a Train.

The only 'Right Of Way' with trains, is the railroad property upon which they operate.  When a motor vehicle, pedestrian, or animal is on the tracks when a train comes through, the circumstance is called "Tresspassing".  When you cross a railroad track, you're ON the railroad's property.  They accept and welcome the passage of vehicles, pedestrians, etc., at those crossings as long as there is no train on, or approaching the crossing.  When the arms go down, you're violating their property. 

Can anyone here name when a train does NOT have Right Of Way?

The ONLY time that a train has NO 'right of way', is when that railway is on a bridge crossing a navigable waterway.  When the bridge span is open to permit navigating vessels, the train cannot cross.  Effie Afton, May 6 1856, and reaffirmed when a barge struck the Keokuk Municipal Bridge spanning over Lock 19 in the mid 1970's.

DMiller wrote: ... Cars MASHED by Big Trucks that Also cannot stop on a dime are blamed when the car darts into stopping distance gaps the drivers leave open and then do stop in front of them.

I certainly agree with you on this point-  people who drive small vehicles have absolutely NO concept of what's around them... especially frequent in commuting big cities, and for some strange reason, it is frequently coincedent to bald tires and the first few moments of rain.

It is MY opinion, that before anyone should be granted a full driver's license, they must pass the driving test in a 79,000lb semi, AND on a motorcycle of at LEAST four times' their body weight.  I believe this would reduce pavement-based fatalities by a substantial margin.

That is not true.  The entire set of statute for bicycles and pedestrians is right here:

http://mobikefed.org/content/missouris-bicycle-and-pedestrian-laws#motorists" rel="nofollow - https://mobikefed.org/content/missouris-bicycle-and-pedestrian-laws#motorists

DMiller wrote: Roads are generally paid for by Fuels Taxes and License Fees, they are not always paid that way where funds do come from General fund but that does NOT give credence to ROW for any and all to become a nuisance to motoring safety.

Under that premise, then, you've prohibited farm animals, implements of husbandry, and pedestrians.

Roads were built for only one purpose:  Transportation.  They are not delimited, which is why a tractor pulling five hayracks, or a combine, or a team of mules pulling a 16-ton wagon of borax are all perfectly legal.  It is a public right-of-way that must be shared by everyone.

Consider this afternoon-  I drove through town on an arterial street of 35mph speed limit.  The pickup truck ahead of me never made it over 20mph.  It was drifting between the bike lane (right) and ragged edge of oncoming traffic lane (left).  Fortunately, the road had enough buffer space between the curbs that it posed no serious danger to anyone who was paying attention.  I did NOT get aggrivated by this driver, but those behind me DID.

I would have been concerned that the driver was impaired by alcohol, or drugs, or texting, but I did not.    The driver had a handicap license plate, with a USMC MAG-12 hat wedged over the passenger side headrest.  He wasn't being an ass, he was just OLD... If he was shipped into Korea when he was 20, he's what... 90 now?

My answer:  Respect.  There will ALWAYS be someone who makes mistakes and bad decisions.  There will ALWAYS be someone who misjudges speed, distance, and conditions.  There will ALWAYS be someone, something, somewhere that vanishes behind these (ever growing-larger) A-pillars, side mirrors, and below the window's sight-line.  There will ALWAYS be a last-minute text, or a bug in your eye, or a sneeze you couldn't supress. 

Respect that these things happen, and realize that when it does, There will ALWAYS be a little boy or girl on training wheels, holding a big dog's leash, or chasing a ball.  There will ALWAYS be that little old lady, that teenager walking home from practice, that mother with a babbling stroller.

The best advice ever, was told to me by a very wise man:

  -  Never hold a weapon, drive a car, operate machinery, or speak to your wife when drunk, or angry.

  -  If you're angry, climb the stairs, open the door, walk up ten pews, and kneel for twenty minutes, until the anger goes away.

Roads are paid for by taxes, and you'll find very few, if any bicyclists that don't drive cars, trucks, motorcycles, busses.  They also pay property and sales taxes.

Realize that... of all the fuel taxes paid, it goes right into the state general funds, yet only a small fraction of it comes back out and goes toward road maintenance. 

The first 'gasoline tax' was voted into law May 31st, 1932  The Revenue Act of 1932.  It also included an 'electricity tax', taxes on over a dozen more things.  While it was implied as such, Not a word was EVER spoken about restricting it's application to road maintenance... henceforth, if you have issue with that fact, you're in agreement with me- I think that any tax of any sort should be very specifically directed towards it's associated and advertised concern.

Here's a question for you- Did that Tesla that passed me on 53rd Street pay fuel tax to use his $80,000 car?

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What is the law, with regard to cyclist behavior on crosswalks?

There are inconsiderate people EVERYWHERE... it doesn't matter wether you're on a bicycle, in a truck, at a computer, or writing laws.

The question is, which one do YOU want to be?

I prefer to be neither.

For every video of a moron doing one thing, there's a video of a moron doing another.  There's certainly no shortage of morons in this world.

We live in a society of freedoms, yet so easily forget that in order to be free, we have to 'share' freedom amongst ourselves.  The founders of this country understood very well, that the rights of one individual end, where another individual's rights begin.

If you'd like to ban something, look at all the other things around that someone would feel unnecessary... and add them to the list.  When you're old, you can tell your kids all about what it was like to go hunting, until they banned it... and target shooting... and fishing (certainly not necessary anymore, right?).   You don't need to drive anymore- the government will send a bus by your house once a day, but you don't need to go anywhere, you can buy your groceries on Amazon, and they'll deliver them with a drone.