I am in Long Beach Calif. Long Beach is a very bicycle friendly town, motorized bikes not so much. A couple of years ago I did a bunch of research on "the law" and electric bicycles. Rules say DMV makes the rules except cities can make their own rules (whatever). Bicycles must travel in the extreme right lane with traffic, unless it is unsafe to do so, then using the sidewalk is permitted. Sidewalks can be used to access a buisness or to park the bike.
I pretty much followed those guide lines when using my E bikes they are quiet and smooth at any speed and have a stealth quality that my gas bike does not.
Today on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach I notice all the pedal bikes were on the sidewalk (I would have been too on a pedal bike or an E bike) It would have been way safer. Have any of you calif. riders used the sidewalks when the streets were too unsafe have you got in trouble with the law. I ride at bike speeds am not a bother obey the rules I just don't want to get run over.
Jim C.
I pretty much followed those guide lines when using my E bikes they are quiet and smooth at any speed and have a stealth quality that my gas bike does not.
Today on Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach I notice all the pedal bikes were on the sidewalk (I would have been too on a pedal bike or an E bike) It would have been way safer. Have any of you calif. riders used the sidewalks when the streets were too unsafe have you got in trouble with the law. I ride at bike speeds am not a bother obey the rules I just don't want to get run over.
Jim C.