Originally Posted by Bekologist
so you think bikes...
No, not the bikes. The
people who use them.
Originally Posted by Bekologist
...are NOT allowed to use a bike lane to pass stopped traffic in your state?
The Rules of the Road in some states (like the one where I am) require that passing in the situation the OP described MUST occur in a marked travel lane. Now I can see how someone might look at
designated bicycle lane and say:
It must be a travel lane for cyclists; it's got lane and bicycle in the name! but names can be deceptive.
Peeking under the cover at what's hiding behind the name reveals that it's really:
a portion of a roadway or shoulder which has been designated for use by bicyclists.
Now we can see that it's no more a travel lane than the shoulder is (heck, it may even
be the shoulder) and so isn't legal to use (at least in some states) for passing other traffic in the OP's situation.