On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Anthony <o...@inbox.org> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote: > >> Anthony wrote: >> >> > For example, just one example, here in Florida bicycles are allowed to >> use >> > certain roadways (most roadways, in fact, but I'm too lazy to look up >> the >> > exact law right this second). I'm not sure that's a universal law, >> > applicable everyone in the world. >> >> Unless Florida is somehow declaring themselves independent from the rest >> of the United States, which signed on to the Vienna Convention on >> Traffic, then all roads are open to bicycles unless specifically posted >> otherwise, just like every other state and province in north america. >> > > I'm not sure if the Vienna Convention on Traffic is self-executing (or if > not, if there is any implementing legislation), but that's interesting to > know nonetheless. I'd guess the vast majority of (if not all) roads on > which bicycles are not allowed are going to be marked as such, both here in > Florida and in "every other state and province in north america". Makes > things a lot easier :). >
Except, I just checked, and it doesn't seem they are. I take it "all roads are open to bicycles unless specifically posted otherwise" isn't an exact quote (or that "roads" has a non-standard definition). Where can I find the exact rule?
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