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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sdcbc-bounces@bikesandiego.org</st1:PersonName> [mailto:<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">sdcbc-bounces@bikesandiego.org</st1:PersonName>] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>JonIsaacs@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 17, 2007 5:49
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> tlettington@san.rr.com;
sdcbc@bikesandiego.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [SDCBC] 60mph in the <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Bike Lane</st1:address></st1:Street>?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In a message dated 8/16/07 6:55:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
tlettington@san.rr.com writes:<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Tonight on Channel 10 News, a man was interviewed who is the
first to <br>
own a new all-electric scooter (read as motorcycle) that is freeway <br>
legal and can reach a top speed of 60 mph. He claims in the <br>
interview that he is legally allowed to operate his vehicle Bike Lanes.<br>
<br>
Could this possibly be true? The implications are astounding!!<br>
<br>
More research is required.<br>
<br>
- Tom<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Definitely not true:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21209.htm">http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21209.htm</a><br>
<br>
"21209. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a
bicycle
lane
established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows: <br>
(1) To park where parking is
permitted. <br>
(2) To enter or leave the roadway. <br>
(3) To prepare for a turn within a distance of 200
feet from the
intersection.
<br>
<br>
( b) This section does not prohibit
the use of a motorized bicycle in a bicycle lane, pursuant to Section 21207.5,
at a speed no greater than is
reasonable
or prudent, having due regard for visibility, traffic conditions, and the
condition of the roadway surface of the bicycle lane, and in a manner which
does not
endanger the safety of bicyclists. "<br>
<br>
This is the definition of a motorized bicycle:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d01/vc406.htm">http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d01/vc406.htm</a><br>
<br>
"b) A "motorized bicycle" is also a device that has fully
operative pedals for propulsion by human power and has an electric motor that
meets
all of the following requirements: <br>
<br>
(1) Has a power output of not more than 1,000
watts.
<br>
(2) Is incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than 20 miles per
hour
on
ground level.
<br>
3) Is incapable of further increasing the speed of the device when human power
is used to propel the motorized bicycle faster than 20 miles per hour."<br>
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<br>
Clearly a vehicle capable of 60mph is not a motorized bicycle and therefore it
is illegal to operate in the bike lanes. <br>
<br>
It appears that mopeds and other underpowered two wheeled vehicles are not
permitted in the bike lane, only motorized bicycles, at least that is what the
DMV is saying. I was under the impression that they were legal.<br>
<br>
Jon<br>
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