Cycling in Waterloo Region

[ookpik]

How about the Saturday morning Speedo guys on road bikes who ride side-by-side on country roads, oblivious to the world around them and refuse to pull over single file when a car is coming up behind them?  What's with that?

My understanding is that they have a legal right to use part or all of the right lane and that car drivers have a legal responsibility to treat them as any other vehicle using the road. Pulling over or going single file is a courtesy, not a legal requirement.

Added: III. Sharing the road with other road users  

Bicycles and mopeds travelling at a lower speed than other traffic are expected to ride about one metre from the curb or parked cars, or as close as practical to the right-hand edge of the road when there is no curb. However, they can use any part of the lane if necessary for safety, such as to:

• Avoid obstacles such as puddles, ice, sand, debris, rutted or grooved pavement, potholes and sewer grates
• Cross railway or streetcar tracks at a 90° angle
• Discourage passing where the lane is too narrow to be shared safely...

The third bullet in particular would seem to apply, especially since "too narrow to be shared safely" is so subjective.