Category: Musings

Seth Godin rides a bicycle

Marketing guru Seth Godin rides a “truly weird recumbent bicycle” and thinks deep thoughts about waving to himself.

I see bus drivers wave at each other all of the time in Santa Cruz and San Jose. In Texas, it’s common for people out on rural two lanes to raise a salute from their pickup trucks as they pass.

It’s all very tribal, isn’t it?

I sometimes wave, I sometimes don’t. How about you?

No Vehicles

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.


No Vehicles sign

 

Bicycles are defined as “devices” instead of vehicles under California law in the CVC 231:

231. A bicycle is a device upon which any person may ride, propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain, or gears, and having one or more wheels. Persons riding bicycles are subject to the provisions of this code specified in Sections 21200 and 21200.5.

 

So, does that make me a devicular cyclist in California?

“No Vehicles Sign” photo by Marcus Quigmire CC BY 2.0 license.