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jess
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I'm from a small town that was extremely bike friendly. There were bike lanes essentially everywhere and tons of other bikers. I moved 2000 miles away to Woodstock, IL and I want to take up bike riding again, but I have some questions...
1) What streets are legal to ride on when there is no bike lane? I haven't seen a single bike lane here and only one or two people riding bikes. A lot of the roads are called "Route #" here. Are these safe to ride on, or is it like a highway?
2) This is something that has always confused me. When a right-turn lane appears, should I stay to the right of the entire road, or should I cut across the right-turn lane to stay in the straight-through lane? Either way, I have to watch out for cars trying to run me over, but it's easier when they actually know to watch out for me...
Anyway, I read the Illinois bike safety laws, but they were mostly obvious things that didn't deal with the details. Thanks for any help!
1) What streets are legal to ride on when there is no bike lane? I haven't seen a single bike lane here and only one or two people riding bikes. A lot of the roads are called "Route #" here. Are these safe to ride on, or is it like a highway?
2) This is something that has always confused me. When a right-turn lane appears, should I stay to the right of the entire road, or should I cut across the right-turn lane to stay in the straight-through lane? Either way, I have to watch out for cars trying to run me over, but it's easier when they actually know to watch out for me...
Anyway, I read the Illinois bike safety laws, but they were mostly obvious things that didn't deal with the details. Thanks for any help!