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Show RIGHTS OF BICYCLISTS. The declaration that the bicycle is a. vehicle and is entitled tu half the road, which has been decided judicially in several states, is now adopted by the courts of Illinois also. Recently a bicycle rider had his wheel smashed by a buggy driver near Aurora, who refused to let the wheelman have half the road. The Illinois branch of the League of American Wheelmen took charge of the case, and the owner of the bicycle was awarded damages, the judge deciding that his wheel was a vehicle and had right to half the highway. Ex. |