The Solid Yellow Line

The single solid yellow line is a common source of confusion in British Columbia, Canada. The ICBC "Learn To Drive Smart" (and talk smartly?) guide, on page 38, says, "Single yellow line — passing is allowed with extra caution."

Unfortunately, it doesn't say "signal light optional," though this driver appears to remember it that way. They also get a bit carried away with how much room to give the bicycle riders.

What really has me wondering is if the middle bicycle rider broke the law in crossing the solid white line, into the bike lane?

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[bored2kGER]

That car driver was doing a fine job and is propably a cyclists himself. Only because you are in a different lane, doesn't mean you don't need to give cyclists room.

There can be objects in the street, wind or they can slip and make some sudden movement. If you are too close at that point you will run them over.

Too much in this case is better than too little, especially if there is enough room and time to do so.

[HNTDVancouver]

@bored2kGER Thanks for your comments!

I am a big fan of people who switch to a bicycle vs. car - it means more free space on the road for me ;)

The first concern I have about the being-too-close point you rise is that bicycle lanes were added to roads like this for just that reason. Does this mean the city did not mandate wide enough bike lanes? I don't know the details, do you?

What I see is a driver who has no idea of the size of their vehicle. (and no signal)

[HNTDVancouver]

@ToastNdefJam I think we've touched on a much bigger issue here! Perhaps we are already passed the point of no return, with the only solution being Wall-E style hoverchairs and Google cars, so we don't have to pay attention anymore... :( Hey, if everyone else is in automated cars, it will probably be easier to get around them all!

[HNTDVancouver]

@ToastNdefJam So true. I pondered, over the weekend, if there is a correlation between inattentive bicycle riders and their driving habits. If one spends the day breaking the laws of the road on their bike, I wonder if they may unconsciously carry that over into their motorized vehicle driving.

If bikes are required to follow the rules of the road, perhaps they need to be tested and get a license, too?

[bored2kGER]

@Phalanx217 yet

[Phalanx217]

@bored2kGER Oh, and for the record, I do ride a bicycle here in Vancouver I I'm doing just fine. Thanks.

[Phalanx217]

@Phalanx217 You can respond to this in your oblivous manner but I'm done with this thread. Hopefully I don't see you around Vancouver because I'd surely hate to see you in the hospital and me footing the bill for your incompetence. Cheers.

[Phalanx217]

@bored2kGER Pray that you don't do that crap while in front of my car or better yet my SUV. :) You probably wouldn't see it coming. lol

[Phalanx217]

@bored2kGER You always go back to the insults but never answer my observations as correct or not. In second 12 he looks back with a full head turn. Why is that different than what you say he did before (which by my understanding, is to use some sort of sixth sense to see behind him). It's obvious you don't like anyone actually grasping the situation other than the way you see it and this has become pointless. You choose not to see the situation objectively and that makes you unreasonable.

[bored2kGER]

@Phalanx217 Frankly i do both and seem to know a little more about it than you. On a bike your head does not need a big angle to check behind you, therefore you will never see his face.

It would be observant if you judged the situation correctly, but as you have very little understanding of cyclists in general you can not be. Nobody says you need to try riding a bike, but your lack of comon sense makes your imcompetence quite painful.

[Phalanx217]

@bored2kGER Actually, if you look close enough you don't see his face so unless he has eyes in the back of his head. He didn't look. He only looked after he got near the truck to make sure there's enough room for him. Arrogant, no, observant, yes. :) When I say you probably ride your bike like this... I mean that you see nothing wrong with it so why would I assume otherwise. You sound defensive...

[bored2kGER]

@Phalanx217 You can not see if the cyclist looked nor can you know how i ride my bike if i do. You seem to jump to conclusions without properly using your brain.

The cyclist also was already out of his lane before the car overtook, everybody was left enough room to be safe and they all were cautious. Your point was "don't overtake unless it's safe to do so", it was infact safe to do so. On a sidenote being arrogant does only work if you actually know what your talking about.