Road safety and the placement of bins on the road shoulder (Behind the Wheel)

Road safety and the placement of bins on the road shoulder (Behind the Wheel)

Question: I cycle along a rural road near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The road I am talking about has a 60 km/h speed limit and a marked one-metre wide shoulder on each side. On garbage pickup days, some people place their residential bins on the shoulder. When that occurs, cyclists are forced to m...