PSA on doorings: check your mirrors!

[john at westcoastgarage.net]

frank j. bauer wrote:
> actually they are not banned by default, but rather only where 
> specifically prohibited by a posted sign:
> http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc21960.htm
>
> for example bicycle traffic is a common occurrence on many stretches 
> of highway 101.
>
> john at westcoastgarage.net wrote:
>> Bicycles are SPECIFICALLY banned from freeways ( i.e. limited access 
>> highways) in California.  There's a sign to that effect on most, if 
>> not all, points of entry.  The prohibition extends to pedestrians and 
>> motor driven cycles (such as mopeds, scooters, and the like).  There 
>> are but a few exceptions, such as bridges and bridge approaches where 
>> no other practical path is available, and then there are clearly 
>> signed and marked bicycle/pedestrian lanes.  John
............and many stretches of 101 are not, by definition, freeway, 
although they may be so described in local usage.  For example, the 
stretch between the Hollister entrance/exit and the highway 1 
exit/entrance at Gaviota is commonly called a freeway, but it's not.  
The same holds true for many parts of the same highway in the Salinas 
valley.  The key is the type of access.  John