Originally Posted by
mrtuttle04
In Pennsylvania you are considered a vehicle and must follow all the laws of the car unless specifically called out in the vehicle code. The only exception I know of in PA is bikes must stay as on the shoulder or if it is unsafe as close to the shoulder as is safe.
From everything I've found, I am permitted to ride on the shoulder, but I've never found a requirement to do so (since a shoulder isn't considered part of the roadway and motorized vehicles are not permitted to operate on the shoulder). Do you have a reference to the law you are referring to?
That being said, even if there isn't a law requiring it I'm pretty sure a LEO would tell me to move over if I wasn't using a perfectly clear shoulder.