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Oct 27, 2013 | 06:39 PM

#21

Leftcoaster

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Holy dumb-a$$ Batman! Where do these morons come from that think we pass even in the most dangerous of conditions just for the hell of it?
Sheesh....if I'm following a slower vehicle, say a 10 mph farm tractor, where there's a double yellow and I can see more than far enough to accomplish a pass safely, I do it.
And it doesn't matter much if I'm on my bike or driving my car...I just go around.

Oct 27, 2013 | 06:55 PM

#22

klap

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From: right outside of town

I'm usually too drunk to pay attention to the lines

Oct 27, 2013 | 06:56 PM

#23

oldairboater

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OP, as long as it works out---good for you. OP, I figure a few of the sheeple here will beat their chest and proclaim the irreparable harm you are doing towards the biker community----you outlaw. The above state was sarcasm for the stupid in case it gets taken to heart.

Oct 27, 2013 | 07:09 PM

#24

riteway

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Solid yellow is there for a reason...Might be more than one...Its not the traffic coming the other way that you can see is far enough away that you know you can make a safe pass but things like the driveways/cross streets..that people pull out of that always concern me..
Do i cross solid yellow...Yep...But i will always hope that the guy or guys behind me will wait to make their own decision when its safe for them...They may wait for the broken yellow to pass... thats fine with me,always time to catch-up.If im following another rider and he passes a vehicle, im certainly not going to follow on his lead...That would be CRAZY!!!
Not really sure what the purpose of this thread is?Maybe a pole would of been better???

Oct 27, 2013 | 07:14 PM

#25

Uncle Chester

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Quote:

Originally Posted by dribble

A couple of years ago I witnessed a group of three riders doing exactly what you describe. They split me with a pickup that they were passing (double yellow on a rural road) and darted back into their own lane only to find another pickup stopped to make a left turn. Two of the three managed to swerve back around the truck. The third guy plowed into the back of it doing about sixty. Ended up about fifty feet from the bike with his face buried in the dirt unconscious and not breathing. I watched this unfold in my rear view mirror and turned around. I was able to turn the guy over, get him stabilized and breathing again. It could have been real bad because he may have had a spinal injury but I had no choice but to turn him or he likely would have died, so I had his buddy hold his head and turn it while I turned his body.

I heard he only spent a week in intensive care.

So count me as a no, I don't do that.

Realistically that could have happened with a solid yellow or a non solid passing line. Gotta be able to see what's up ahead of you regardless of the yellow line.

Oct 27, 2013 | 07:32 PM

#26

sjef

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From: South Jersey

Dumb thread but I agree if some one is driving like driving miss daisy I will pass even on a solid line. Not legal but if you have good visibility and there is no oncoming traffic what's the problem. If a cop sees you, just man up and admit what you did, maybe he'll understand. And in PA it is not legal to cross that yellow line to pass, at least when I took my drivers test there it wasn't, and I doubt they would have changed that law. Lets face it, it's illegal to exceed the speed limit but we all do it.

Oct 27, 2013 | 07:36 PM

#27

jakenok

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From: OKC

More n more roads here in ok get double yellow lines when resurfaced. No reason, I guess, other than to channelize the sheep. Roads that for years allowed passing now are no passing. Miles and miles of them. Sucks, and turns normal drivers into lawbreakers just in order to get somewhere. Double yellow or not, if its safe, I'm passing.

Oct 27, 2013 | 07:42 PM

#28

Sauceman

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From: Canada

Whether or not it's illegal depends on your local laws. Whether or not it can be done safely depends on the situation at hand.

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdestuck

Actually in Pa yellow line does not prohibit you from passing. Only if there are NO PASSING ZONE signs can you not pass. Yellow here is meant as caution. But still not allowed to pass within 500 feet of a hill crest, intersection etc.

Same here in Ontario;

Quote:

Driving to left of centre prohibited under certain conditions
149. (1) No vehicle shall be driven or operated to the left of the centre of a roadway designed for one or more lines of traffic in each direction,
(a) when approaching the crest of a grade or upon a curve in the roadway or within 30 metres of a bridge, viaduct or tunnel where the driver’s view is obstructed within that distance so as to create a potential hazard in the event another vehicle might approach from the opposite direction; or
(b) when approaching within 30 metres of a level railway crossing. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 149 (1).

And when it comes right down to it;

Quote:

Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker

Rule of thumb on a bike " It's illegal only if a cop see's you"