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Originally Posted by looneycat
people are throwing road width around. standard lane width is 9-12 feet. our lanes are easily 9 feet and more, besides, since they are county roads, you again are blaming the villages for something built under govt authority.
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The criteria, under the law, is not whether or not the road is "standard width", it is whether there is enough room for a motor vehicle to pass the bicycle in the same lane with 3 feet of margin.
The lanes on Morse, at least where it runs past Sarasota practice range, are 10 feet 9 inches. My SUV (not a compact car but also not a landscaper hauling a trailer) is 7 foot 4 inches from the tips of mirrors. Giving 3 feet of safety, this means I would have to perfectly, consistently drive with the tip of my driver's side mirror over the center line of the road (not a good idea) while the cyclist would have to perfectly and consistently ride 5 inches off the curb. Please tell me that this is not what you are advocating.
Again, I am not a cyclist and I wouldn't cry if I never encountered them on a road, but they have their rights too.