Originally Posted by
twobikes
I was riding southbound on Hwy 99 in Vancouver, Washington. There is a hill that goes up from 117th. If I had stayed on the right side of the road, the bike lane would have gone down to about 4" wide at a guard rail. There was heavy traffic from behind. But, at 117th I crossed over to the left side of the road on foot and with the traffic light. Then I rode southbound against the traffic up the hill in a bike lane wide enough to park a car. Was I wrong?
You were technically wrong in the eyes of the law, but you could try to justify it before a judge if you got a ticket. You made what you believed was the safest choice. When you were in the left shoulder lane, I hope you were extra vigilant about any driveways or intersections you crossed.
I did the same thing when training on a highway last summer, when I came to a section without a shoulder, on a right curve, with a guard rail as you had.