Question

True or false: if you ride a bicycle in florida, your bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle.

Answer 1

It is true because according to the law, a cyclist has the speed of a sprinting person and when run into someone, the victim has the potential of getting seriously wounded or even killed. A cyclist may also have the speed f a car sometimes.

Answer 2

True

Explanation

It is true that if you ride a bicycle in Florida, your bicycle is legally defined as a vehicle. Bicyclists have the same rights to the roadways and must obey the same traffic laws as the operators of other vehicles. These laws include stopping for stop signs and red lights, riding with the flow of traffic, using lights at night and yielding the right-of-way when entering a roadway. This is according to the Bicycle regulations of Florida state statute under section 316.2065 which clearly explains the rules and regulations the bicyclists must always obey which includes obeying all traffic controls and signals.