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Originally Posted by cornholio
100 and 18" on a interior highway seems fine for me as well, have good lighting, don't bike at night, wear a reflective west and helmet, be aware of your surroundings, etc.
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Aren't "Don't bike at night" and "wear a reflective vest and helmet" somewhat contradictory?
18" on a highway rated at 100km/h is unacceptable. You seem to think that every driver has a nice, unobstructed clear view of the road ahead, but that's not always true. Most of accidents them occur either because of driver inattention (in which case the unobstructed view is irrelevant) or because a following driver can't see the cyclist because of something like semi-truck ahead of them.
Drivers cross over the shoulder line all the time - that's why they're grooved. 18" means
zero safety margin. That's definitely not OK in my book.
It's the 18" shoulder that I'd be much more concerned about than the speed limit, but of course it's a lot more expensive to correct.