Originally Posted by
KonAaron Snake
If there was contact during the pass...unless a cyclist moved into his lane, it was by definition an unsafe pass. The officer also has a higher responsibility as a public guardian given a great deal of authority.
It was pretty lame for the officer to blame the cyclists for him hitting them.
Originally Posted by
kickstart
Originally Posted by
Chris516
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2) The driver of a vehicle may not drive on the left side of any roadway if:
(ii) The vehicle is crossing or approaching within 100 feet of any intersection or railroad grade crossing;
Your post makes absolutely no sense, and has no bearing on your excuses to not use perfectly ridable shoulders or bike lanes when they're free of any clear and present impediments.
Other than being a Maryland law to discuss an incident in Pennsylvania.
However, the point is that the officer was doing an unsafe pass on a busy urban street where he did not have adequate room/visibility to pass. And someone pulled out in front of him while passing so he apparently hit the cyclist. And, then claims that he had room to pass while approaching an uncontrolled intersection.
I'm not sure how he "signaled" the cyclists to go single file. Bullhorn?
Again, it is hard to understand the exact situation at the time of the presumed incident without first hand footage of the incident, or a better view of the street.