Comments on: FAQ: Can They Cross the Double Yellow Line?

By: NE2

NE2 — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:30:54 +0000

Is there a reason FDOT doesn’t include this in their bike-related laws? http://www.dot.state.fl.us/safety/ped_bike/laws/ped_bike_bikeLaws3.shtm

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:01:09 +0000

Rodney,

I agree with you 100%. I hate that interpretation and I want the wording of the law changed for exactly the same reason. I think “slow vehicle” is appropriate as it would include farm tractors, too.

FBA is just beginning its legislative presence. Ultimately, this will be a task for them as a member organization representing cyclists.

By: rodney

rodney — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:48:19 +0000

http://tinyurl.com/create.php

Dictionary.com defines obstruction as follows:

–noun
1. something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
2. an act or instance of obstructing.
3. the state of being obstructed.
4. the delaying or preventing of business before a deliberative body, esp. a legislative group, by parliamentary contrivances.

Definitely not a win in our fight for equality. Unfortunately, the closed minded “cagers” will take this and run screaming telling us we are wrong to be in their way.

By: rodney

rodney — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:45:08 +0000

The verbiage does not lend itself well to our cause of equality on the roads. It resonates to the motoring public that we cyclists really shouldn’t be there in the first place.

We should follow Ohio’s measure to change such verbiage and eliminate yet another vague explanation on the books. Who knows the best way to get started and when can we get started?

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FBA Blog » The Message is on the Road — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:12:53 +0000

[...] double yellow line. When the oncoming lane is clear, a motorist may legally cross the double yellow to pass a cyclist or other vehicle moving significantly below the speed limit. A motorist MUST [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:23:49 +0000

I think it is 3 feet. The WP committee “agreed” that 3 feet was sufficient. I haven’t been to a meeting in almost a year. It gave me headaches, so I stopped going.

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 26 May 2008 03:06:37 +0000

Buses and box trucks take the entire traffic lane. That bike lanes is probably 4ft at its most generous. A 2-foot-wide cyclist riding 2ft from the edge of pavement is left with 1 foot of passing clearance.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:40:33 +0000

“Have you noticed, the width of the traffic lane + bike lane on Glenridge does not allow for the safe operation of a large vehicle and bicycle side-by-side?”

I think it is tight, but not undoable. I used to drive trucks & buses that size. Experienced drivers know that the rear wheels track inside the front wheels when making a turn. Hell, just about anybody knows that if they think about it for a moment. Slowing down for curves is the key.

But just like in Santa Cruz, the truck and bus drivers aren’t thinking.

By: Keri

Keri — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:45:36 +0000

Have you noticed, the width of the traffic lane + bike lane on Glenridge does not allow for the safe operation of a large vehicle and bicycle side-by-side?

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 26 May 2008 01:38:06 +0000

Lately I have been having trouble with School Bus drivers. Had one the other day pass me within a foot while I was in a bike lane. The driver crossed the bike lane white line to avoid crossing a double yellow line. I guess yellow trumps white.

Last week I saw a different School Bus driver use up a bike lane on a curve.

I’m glad that school will be out soon.