In most places, riding a bike on the sidewalk is illegal.
Riding a bike on a road is legal, except for freeways.
That’s the law.
Change the laws if you don’t like them but at least know what the current laws are in your area.
They don’t care. IMO, every bike operated by anyone over that age of 18 should be registered, with a sticker for insurance purposes.
That’s the law. Change the laws if you don’t like them but at least know what the current laws are in your area.
Historical information for you both. When I was a kid, living in a suburb of LA, we always rode on the sidewalks. If a cop caught you riding in the street he would chew you out and tell you it was only safe to ride on the side walk. A few years later they passed the insane law that bikes HAD to ride in the street, thus increasing the bicycle death rate many fold. The reason? It supposedly wasn't safe for pedestrians for bikes to ride on the side walk. So, to save a few people on the side walks some bruises they decided to kill off bike riders.
BTW, I used to ride in the area I live in now, which is very unpopulated, but I stopped riding when I saw a guy get run over by a logging truck. It ran over his head, popped his brain right out on the highway like a grape. I made the instant decision to sell my bike and drive or walk every where after that.