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Halo 4Me
The Cyclist has the right to the entire lane in Tennessee. Take it up with the legislature not the cyclist. Both the truck and the hit and run driver were clearly passing in a no passing zone. T.C.A. §55-8-175(a)(1)©, permits a cyclist to take the entire right-hand lane when a lane is substandard width. National standards state that a lane must be fourteen feet wide to allow a motorist and a bicycle to travel safely side by side within the lane. The majority of roads in Tennessee have substandard width lanes, thus a cyclist may lawfully take the entire lane, rather than being restricted by the provision that cyclists must “ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.” However, §55-8-175(b)(1) states: "Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two (2) abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding two (2) abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane." Tickets for both driver and cyclist! Personally, I hate cyclists that bike on narrow roads when there are thousands of bike trails to accommodate them. Lesson to cyclists: the law of the road will protect you, the law of physics will not. F = ma (force = mass x acceleration). Newton’s Second Law of Motion: “The force acting on an object is equal to the mass of that object times its acceleration.” In layman's terms, bike and cyclist go to ground when struck by vehicle. Newton's Fourth Law deals with gravity, concussions, friction, road rash, and **** like that.