Originally Posted by
pitchpole
It is common practice here and probably just about everywhere in USA for cars to use the wide bike lanes as extra turning lanes at intersections. Is it legal? I'm sure many here who have been buzzed and right hooked by drivers who do this.
When I took an online driver improvement course last year the study material said it was ok for cars to use the bike lanes as turn lanes as long as they made sure there were no bikers in it.
I presume that you are talking about right hand turns, right?
IF the bike lane was laid out "correctly" it should pass to the left of the right hand turn lane not to the right of it, and/or it should transition from a solid line to a dashed line the closer to the intersection one gets.