Originally Posted by dietrologia
Where I grew up (Southern California), the solid lines that indicate a bike lane become dashed lines as you approached an intersection. This was to indicate that cars were to merge to the right as they approached an interesection in prep for a right turn. I remember this being touched upon when I took drivers ed back then too.
But unfortunatly, that is not the case everwhere, as Noisebeam pointed out... some states require motorists to stay out of BL and only cross them... which still means that the motorist has to wait until the ROW cyclist has passed. It is this way in Oregon also.
But in any case... far too many motorists form their own bad habits shortly after getting through drivers ed... as they gain physical driving skills... but forget the finer points of law, ethics, etc. Somehow way back in "school time" we somehow determined that students need formal teaching of 5-6 years of English, 4-5 years of math, 3-4 years of history, but only 6 weeks of driving to be successful in life... I just don't get it.