[Talk-us] Signed shared roadway

[Anthony]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> On 10/22/11 9:17 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Richard Welty<rwelty at averillpark.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> i think they should be tagged differently.
>>>
>>> if there's just a black on yellow sign saying "share the road" then
>>> cyclists
>>> should stay to the right.
>>
>> Only if the outside lane is about 14 feet wide or wider, and has no
>> parking to the right of it (i.e. not very often).
>>
> that's not what's actually in the law, at least in NYS

I can't speak for every jurisdiction, but here in Florida there is an
exception for: "When reasonably necessary to avoid any condition,
including, but not limited to, a fixed or moving object, parked or
moving vehicle, bicycle, pedestrian, animal, surface hazard, or
substandard-width lane, that makes it unsafe to continue along the
right-hand curb or edge. For the purposes of this subsection, a
“substandard-width lane” is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle
and another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane."

The NY statute does say "except [...] when reasonably necessary to
avoid conditions that would make it unsafe to continue along near the
right-hand curb or edge", which I'd personally interpret to include
travelling in a substandard-width lane (but IANALTINLA).