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Austin, Texas, and global bicycle Laws index page

Laws, in themselves, do not tell you how to ride in traffic. They set limits on your method, so you and everyone else in traffic has some reasonable expectation about what others will be doing next. We encourage you to read over these pages, even if they are a bit redundant. It is useful to compare the ways in which different writers interpret the texts of these rules

• The Texas Bicycle Coalition's summary of Texas bicycle laws - compiled by the state's bike advocacy organization, it contains more commentary than the Drivers' Handbook.
• Michael Bluejay's summary of Austin and Texas bicycle laws - from MBJ's enormous bicycleaustin.info website.
• The "Bike Like Mike" Texas driving law review - Lengthy (but mildly juicy) commentary on Texas traffic law with lots of suggestions on method mixed in. Covers traffic laws in general with a focus on how they relate to cyclists' situations, with only partial coverage of bike-specific laws.
• Alan Wachtel's "Bicycles and the Law: The Case of California" - Well documented essay on the form and development of California's bicycle laws.
• Massbike's index of state bicycling laws - This index mainly covers bike laws sections from various states' transportation codes. Some pages indexed here are written by individuals and contain commentary, but most pages just detail the laws. The page claims to have be last updated in January 2004. No commentary, just a complete set of laws for all the states in the US.
• The UK rules for cycling - for the sake of comparison.