Old 07-10-13 | 03:41 PM
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In driving school here in California, the assumption is that a solid white line, whether at a left turn signal, or toll crossing, etc, should be considered a solid wall than cannot be crossed without great caution. It's also a traffic violation to cross over such lines except if entering traffic from being completely off the roadway (pulling out of the driveway). However, I rarely see enforcement of solid white lines. Here, almost all the bike lanes go dotted line near intersections. Regardless, because bikes have the right of way in the bike lane, a car technically must cross into the bike lane to make the right turn. So that truck made an illegal lane change into the bike lane prior to making the turn. Any argument that says the OP was passing on the right is baseless since he has a bike lane and is not only designated as such but has a solid white line that is supposedly impermeable by until within the boundaries of an intersection or at such time a motor vehicle is pulling out of the main flow of traffic to park along the side of the road. And in either case, motor vehicle still has to change lanes and thus must yield to bike traffic. I don't think there is ambiguity in the matter. Effectively, a bike lane on the right, means cars are turning from the 2nd lane from the right. They must yield to any traffic in that lane on the right before entering or crossing over that lane.

But either way, the cyclist loses either by getting hit, or by having to avoid such drivers in a near death, multiple F-bomb experience.
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