To the Editor:

The letter “Stay on Shoulder” (7/28) encourages cyclists to ride on the shoulder in Harvey Cedars. As a cyclist I want to make sure car drivers know that the New Jersey motor vehicle code clearly states that “every person riding a bicycle on a roadway shall ride as near to the right roadside as practicable.”

The shoulder is not the roadway, and the New Jersey Department of Transportation bicycle manual helps explain “practicable” when it recommends “the best approach is to position yourself…

August 12, 2021