Originally Posted by pletcgm
I was almost in a head on collision last week. I was riding my bike on the shoulder of the road, which is, I'm guessing, 4-5 feet wide, when two cars had a head on collision. This stupid a$$, in an SUV, wanted to pass the car in front of him on a double-yellow line; it's a two lane road. He's trying to pass her and she speeds up. The car behind him also speeds up and he can't get back over.
Seems to me, everybody's wrong in this one.
The SUV operator shouldn't have passed in a no-passing zone. However, the basic rule on being passed is this: if you are being overtaken you cannot speed up or move in front of the passing vehicle until the pass is completed. This rule is intended to avoid just such head-ons as you witnessed.
Tom Revay
Dedham, Massachusetts