I’m willing to bet there are few people who don’t believe the message “share the road” is an important one that should be adhered to daily all year. And I’ll wager that there are few individuals who don’t see the heightened significance of it during the summer on Long Beach Island where people from all over converge upon the 18-mile barrier island, 6 miles at sea.

It’s not much of a gamble, is it? Maybe not, but it was enough of a concern for a first responder earlier this month to ask me if I’d write a story on pedestrian and bicycle safety, including the nuance of the phrase “pedestrians…