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Walk It Through: The Bike Lane Commute

A stop sign at ten miles an hour, a red light, a friend riding alongside, and a bike locked on the sidewalk.

A rider on a residential street approaches a stop sign with no cross traffic in sight.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A daytime commute on a bicycle. Electric bicycles' classes, scooters, and a crash with a car are left to other pages.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.