Politics & Government

State Installing 'May Use Full Lane' Signage for Cyclists

The signs will be placed along highways with narrow lanes.

The Maryland State Highway Administration has begun installing signs along some roads in Prince George's and Montgomery counties emphasizing a cyclist's right to use the whole lane, Greater Greater Washington reports.

The warnings are designed to clear up a common point of confusion among drivers and riders: whether cyclists should keep to the right edge of a lane and share it with motor vehicles, or whether they may use the full lane.

In the case of narrow lanes, the blog notes, Maryland law permits bicycles to ride in the center—which is where the new signage comes in.

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The SHA installed nine such signs Tuesday along MD-953 in Glenn Dale, according to Greater Greater Washington, with more still to come.

Other planned locations in Prince George's County include:

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  • US-1 (Baltimore Ave./Rhode Island Ave.)
  • US-1 Alt (Baltimore Ave./Bladensburg Rd.)
  • MD-193 (Greenbelt Rd./Unversity Blvd.)
  • MD-212 (Riggs Rd.), MD-500 (Queens Chapel Rd.)
  • MD-953 (Glenn Dale Rd.)
  • MD-450 (Annapolis Rd./Bladensburg Rd.)
  • MD-704 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Hwy.)
  • MD-202 (Landover Rd.)
  • MD-414 (Oxon Hill/St. Barnabas)

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