The police told him he should be no further left then a few inches away from snow banks and other obstacles on the side of the road. The same police department had previously told him to stay out of the travel lane. However, the law gives cyclists the same right to use the travel lane as motorists. Later Jenney received a notice of the Disorderly Person complaint against him in the mail. A scanned copy of the police report is available below.
Bicyclists have the same right to use the road as motorists.
If a bicyclist violates a traffic rule, he should be given a traffic ticket. But it is not a crime to ride your bike. The cyclist was not charged with any traffic violation. Ken Shan received them by fax from Andrew Fischer on May 2, 2001. MassBike Press Release Includes a critque of the police report and the initiation of a defense fund.