Talk Turns to Cycling
As the snow trickles away conversations are starting about bicycling in Gatineau Park. Today at TriRudy a post about road biking rules.
This has prompted me to set up a road biking group here at GuideGatineau where I welcome chatter.
Here's what was posted at TriRudy by Steve Morris under the title NCC Traffic Regulations and linked to a PDF of the law itself:
It's not a long document. Bicycles are mentioned twice, in clause 16.
16. (1) No person shall ride a bicycle on property of the Commission other than a driveway or on a bicycle path set aside by the Commission for the purpose.
(2) No person shall ride a bicycle on a driveway abreast of another bicycle or vehicle.
Nowhere does it mention a "15 rider group limit" as was widely stated last year. It doesn't give any guidelines as to which rider is charged, but I suppose they could charge both, since both would be in violation. For the purpose of these regulations, "driveway" basically means a road other than a bike path.
There is a reference to provincial or municipal law.
4. (1) No person shall operate a vehicle, or cause or permit a vehicle that he has the right to control to be operated, on a driveway otherwise than in accordance with the laws of the province and municipality in which the driveway is situated.
(3) In this section, the expression “laws of the province and municipality” does not include laws that are inconsistent with or repugnant to any of the provisions of these Regulations.
March 6th, 2010 - 17:47
Last time the NCC busted a friend & I playing Chess & drinking Beers, they said “Chess is OK, Beers are not OK!”
Little did I know, at the time, the section 33 prohibits cards, dice, etc… Had we been playing Backgammon or CrazyEights instead of Chess, we could have faced up to a $500 fine, each!!
So, folks, keep the gaming to skill only type games like Go, Chess or Mancala(But don’t dig the Mancala holes in the ground, section 26C prohibits that, and don’t throw the stones, section 28 prohibits that)
And of course, cyclist must never ride abreast of another, unless your cycle is motorized…