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
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