Originally Posted by sbhikes
I think that is a minimum standard. I rarely see anything that minimal in real life.
Welcome to the unique environment of Santa Barbara. Now to remind yourself what the rest of us encounter, take a ride down to Oxnard.
Just last December a road here in San Diego was repaved and striped... and lo and behold, about a 3 foot BL resulted. Don't have time to find the pic right now... and it was protested and fixed... but that 3 foot BL is typical stuff... that seems to get put in place often.
Now in the newer places in town, I do see nice wide BL. But often that 5 feet includes the gutter pan. It can be pretty obvious when the "stencil" also covers the gutter pan.