>> Calling the roads shoulder a bike lane is as dumb as a box of rocks.
Not as dumb as getting drunk and killing a cyclist that has a lawful right to his share of the road.
More cyclists have been killed in bike lanes by cold sober drivers than by drunks. In Germany I saw many bike lanes on the outside of the roads shoulder. Having people to go out and play in traffic is just not a good idea.
If cyclists paid road taxes, licensing fees, etc that bought safer bike lanes while they obeyed basic common sense traffic laws instead of being zoned out Armstrong want-a-be’s would earn the respect they feel that they are entitled to. I cycle but I keep it to off road biking trails.