Originally Posted by noisebeam
This points out what I don't like about the BL stripe. I often find the ideal place to ride a roadway is where the stripe is placed, but as soon as it is there, it becomes a 'no ride' zone to avoid riding in an ambigous lane position. Many drivers follow their rule of as long as I am not in the BL I can ignore passing cyclist, which leads to getting lots of close passes when riding left biased in a BL.
Al
I pretty much agree. Left bias in the bike lane is essential especially if there are parked cars to the right of the bike lane. OTOH, I don't think the motorists would move any further left if the BL stripe didn't exist and the RL + BL was treated as a WOL - in other words, the motorists would still expect you to ride closer to the parked cars than desirable, and if you didn't, they would all be passing you too closely.