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[quote=Anonymous]In DC:

Title 18, Section 1201.1,
Every person riding a bicycle on a highway shall be subject to all the duties applicable to the drivers of motor vehicles under this title, except as otherwise expressly provided in the chapter, and except for those duties imposed by this title which, by their nature, can have no reasonable application to a bicycle operator.

No person shall drive a vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic. D.C. Code '40-703(a) and CDCR 18-22-2200.10 II. A person, driving at less than the normal speed of traffic, shall drive in the right-hand lane then available for traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway. '40-703(a) and CDCR 18-22- 2201.3

So if you are slower than the speed limit, you are supposed to move to the right and let other vehicles pass. Some will say this is never possible, of course, and the bike can impede traffic at will because the roads are all narrow.

As for taking up the whole road:

Section 1201.7:
Persons riding upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or part of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. Persons riding two abreast shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.

Title 18, 1201.2 calls for bicyclists to ride as far right as practicable.[/quote]

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