Originally Posted by ghettocruiser
Generally if traffic backs up too much, people look for whatever they can find to jump the line... parking lots, side streets, and bike lanes. I've never had anyone act aggressively in a dedicated bike lane, but in the diamond lanes (for buses bikes taxis) I've been honked at by cars that were not allowed to be there in the first place.
I feel that since I enter the 'car lane' on a regular basis (to avoid a pothole, to improve road surface, to bypass a parked car, to turn left if the left turn lane is a doable option) yadda yadda, it would be the height of hypocrisy to grudge cars entering the 'bike lane' for what very often is the same motive--convenience. I say share the road.
roughstuff