I remember this also being taught in new driver onboarding at Union Cab and I also follow the practice today. The current state of a designated bike lane (by sign and faded diamond marking), but with a dashed rather than solid line is what I find confusing as a bicycle or MV operator. Seems like an easy fix and would be consistent with our typical approach for this type of road facility.
Grant On Jul 24, 2013 3:50 PM, "Mark Evans" <[email protected]> wrote: > Arthur makes a salient point about right turns across bike lanes. As a > driver safety educator at AAA of Wisconsin, we are very specific in > teaching this. When turning right from a street that has a bike lane to the > right: > > Signal > Blind Spot Check (for cyclists) > Turn into the bike lane > Position for safe right turn by curb > Proceed when safe and legal > > As a cyclist it is safer to be in Front or behind the car - not filtering > up (potentially unseen) by vehicle operator. It is better to be seen. I go > out if my way to be seen (often assuming position in the traffic line) it > is not safe to turn right 6+ feet away from curb. I agree. I rarely see > motorists doing this. > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org >
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