Originally Posted by
Bekologist
bike lanes can have much more fluidity to encourage leaving the bike lane with the use of dashes or cessation of the stripe to encourage greater lane use, little big man.
You've claimed that the lack of a stripe encourages cyclists to stay too far right. Now you claim that ending the stripe causes cyclists to ride farther left. Which is it?
Originally Posted by
Bekologist
and how does a bicyclists 'control' a 18' lane? I've found, in very wide lanes, that traffic will pass on both sides regardless of intended direction of bicyclist.
One doesn't need to control an entire 18' wide lane. One only needs to ride in a location that discourages hook-type collisions. When turning right, ride near enough to the right side to deter passing on the right. When turning left, ride far enough left to deter passing on the left. When riding straight, ride far enough left to discourage right hooks at intersections. If this means that a straight-traveling driver sometimes manages to pass you on the right, so what? Merge farther to the right after they pass.
I get passed on the right a lot by other cyclists, and occasionally by car drivers at stop sign intersections where there are no destination lane markings. Dividing up the roadway with destination-specific markings would be much more useful for reducing this type of problem than adding vehicle-type lane markings.