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 | | The whole incident left him thinking: "If I was in an automobile, this never would have happened." Well, perhaps failure to show ID would have, although he says he would have had a driver's license on him if he drove a car. |
 | | According to Texas law, bicycles are considered legal street vehicles and, as long as they obey the same rules of the road (which isn't to say that they always do), bicycle riders have all the same rights and responsibilities as motorists. |
 | | This perception, right or wrong, appears to be widespread among local pedalers, and was only exacerbated by the (recently amended) helmet law. |
| www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol17/issue07/pols.bikespolice.html (2002 words) |
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