I think the new effort to get signs that read “Bicycles May Use Full Lane” or “3-feet to pass” signage is far better and more useful.ĭelaware stopped adding new “Share the Road” signs in 2013 and they are being phased out in Oregon because they don’t work. It really implies that somehow motorists “own” the road or lane and have a choice to not share to other road users. The signage is basically intended to alert motorists that they should expect bicyclists on that road. That is bikes should never “take the lane.” Many motorists take it to mean bikes and cars can be side by side in the same lane or that bikes should share the road in the sense of getting the heck out of the way of the car. Why? Because it is so open to interpretation. The intention is all good but I hate that slogan. The MUTCD is the road signage “bible” used by road authorities across the country. Since 1997, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (the ‘MUTCD”) has approved the use of the Share the Road sign in conjunction with the bicycle symbol. In a well-meaning effort to reduce such collisions, a number of states have adopted a “Share the Road” campaign. In every car versus bike collision, it is the same loser every time: the bicyclist.
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