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Originally Posted by GrouchoWretch
I will acknowledge that freeways are a different story!

AFAIK, cyclists are everywhere expressly prohibited from operating on any road that we would call a freeway, and there are usually posted minimum speeds in the neighborhood of 45 mph.
AFAIK, you don't know much about traveling on highways.

I commuted legally for two years on I80N (now designated I84) in Oregon on the wide shoulder.

I commuted legally for seven years in the right travel lane of US34 with a speed limit of 55mph.

Are you arguing that the problems of bicycle-motor vehicle interactions at "freeway speeds" (45+MPH) only come into effect if the highway has a "minimum" speed posted and is called a freeway?
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