Recently New Jersey passed a law making it mandatory for motor vehicles to give bicyclists at least four feet of room where possible. Great.
However, I often see cyclists on a clean 6-foot or wider shoulder riding all the way left, close to the shoulder line. Why? To be in compliance, cars then need to go over their left-hand lane line / center line (and maybe rumble strips) unnecessarily, because the four feet of clearance can come from the cyclists if they are considerate riders.
I drive a car and ride a bike. "Share the road" should work both ways.
Can we all get along?
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