Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office would like all bicycle riders to be safe riders.
Here is a condensed version of Florida Bicycle Law 316.2065:
Any person operating a bicycle upon a one-way highway, with two or more
marked traffic lanes, may ride as near the right-hand curb or edge of such
roadway as practicable. Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway may not
ride more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside
for the exclusive use of bicycles.
Persons two abreast may not impede traffic when traveling at less than the
normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then
existing and shall ride within a single lane.
Any persons operating a bicycle shall keep at least one hand upon the handle-
bars. Every bicycle in use, between sunset and sunrise, shall be equipped with
a lamp on the front, exhibiting a white light, visible from a distance of at least
500 feet to the front and a lamp and reflector on the rear - each exhibiting a
red light, visible from a distance of 600 feet to the rear. A bicycle or its rider
may be equipped with lights or reflectors, in addition to those required by
this section.
A person propelling a vehicle by human power upon and along a sidewalk,
or across a roadway, upon and along a crosswalk, has all the rights and duties
applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
A person propelling a bicycle upon and along a sidewalk, or across a roadway,
upon and along a crosswalk, shall yield the right-a-way to any pedestrian and
shall give an audible signal before overtaking and passing such pedestrian.
Every bicycle shall be equipped with a brake or brakes, which will enable its
rider to stop the bicycle within 25 feet from a speed of 10 miles per hour
on dry, level, clean pavement.
To read the bicycle law in its entirety, Google: Florida Bicycle Law 316.2065

> Discuss this entry