Originally Posted by
slipknot0129
Have you rode your bike on roads that have no shoulder and a 65 mph speed limit? My family thinks it crazy that I want to ride to town on this road that has no shoulders and 65 mph speed limit. They said I would get runned over by semi trucks. I think its rare that you get ran over by a vehicle on a bike. The road isnt very busy. I think their just trying to scare me.
I check my route out, before I go out. Because, Regardless of a shoulder, I won't ride on a road that has a speed limit above 40MPH. As for a road with a shoulder, I won't use the shoulder. I will 'take the lane', all the time.
Even though this video
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thisisbossi/3260902176/ is almost a year old, because the construction in the video was completed, it shows part of a major road I bike on. That is a 40MPH road. It doesn't have a shoulder but, it does have the sidewalk. Since I stay off the sidewalk, I 'take the lane' on that road.