Originally Posted by NJgreyhead

Recently New Jersey passed a law making it mandatory for motor vehicles to give bicyclists at least four feet of room. Great.

However, I usually 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.