Originally Posted by
Bekologist
WOLs are ambiguous. If I'm 11 feet over in a 18 foot lane, am I bicycling too far left for lane sharing?
Again, this thread has nothing to do with WOLs.
Anyway, the WOL is not ambiguous - your position 11 feet over (from the lane stripe on your left, I'm assuming) is what is ambiguous (with respect to whether you're sharing or controlling the lane). Would anyone ride a motorcycle in that position, especially relatively slowly to other traffic? Note that if the 18 foot lane had a 5' wide bike lane, at 11' over you'd be 2' to the left of the BL stripe, which would be 13' over.
If you want to be clearly sharing, then 11 feet over is probably a bit too far left. If you want to be controlling, 11 feet over is too far right.
Make sense?