A Jessamine County woman who commutes to work on a bicycle is being fined for repeatedly violating a law on careless driving.
Cherokee Schill battled the violations in court, saying that she should not be forced to travel in the shoulder of U.S. 27 near Lexington. A judge found that Schill had violated a law requiring slow-moving vehicles to move as far to the right "as practicable." She was fined $433.
Schill's attorneys argued that it is safer for a cyclist to be in the lane of travel, so that cars behind her can see her clearly and have time to brake or merge left. The 41-year-old Schill says she doesn't plan to change the way she rides and she will appeal the judge's ruling.