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GM_Pax t1_jeg8048 wrote

Reply to comment by Acadia_Due in Passing bicycles on right side isn't exactly legal by Unfair_Isopod534

Not in Massachusetts.

Statewide law here is that cyclists may use the entire lane, on any and every roadway (except limited access expressways - if it has exit numbers don't go there on a bicycle ...).

We have to use the right-most lane that allows travel in our intended direction (typically only matters at intersections or when making left turns).

But whichever lane we're in, we can absolutely use every last inch of that lane.

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instrumentally_ill t1_jegla4v wrote

You can, but you should also put your own safety first, over your entitlement of the entire lane.

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GM_Pax t1_jegm1yb wrote

My friend, taking the entire lane ABSOLUTELY IS safer than making love to the curb or the fog line. It puts you in front of cars, where they can and WILL see you. Where they will unmistakably recognize that they cannot "just squeeze past" (which puts you in imminent, serious danger).

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