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@JAY:
Driver totally wrong but imagine if any jurisdiction set up street with a right hand lane just for cars and said trucks had to drive in the left lane and make right turns from there.
Because that is what we have all over the country where there are bike lanes.

No, that's not how it works. The law is that cars are supposed to merge into the bike lane (checking for and yielding to traffic in the bike lane before merging) and THEN turn. They're not supposed to just turn across the bike lane. That's what the entire article is about.

So in your scenario trucks should usually be in the left lane but if they need to turn right they should merge into the right lane before turning, not turn across the right lane.

@Anon1234
If this is happening repeatedly to you I have to guess the problem is that you are putting on your turn signal, merging immediately, and expecting cyclists to just get out of your way. You have to yield to traffic in the bike lane just as you would to traffic in another car lane before merging.

by MLD on Jul 10, 2012 8:11 am • link • report

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