| Re: Entering the queue at a stop sign
In article <3f273e64$1_2@news.chariot.net.au>,
bigfloppyllama <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com> wrote:
>Section 3 would make it seem like a car turning left at said
>intersection could enter the bicycle lane, but it actually referrs to
>right hand turns when the bicycle lane and traffic lane converge. So,
>technically I *should* be under no danger running the sign.
So if you run the stop sign, simultaneously with a left-turning car
driver drifting into the bike lane, then, congratulations, you were both
in the wrong.
We could find plenty of other situations where it's clearly safe for one
party to break the rules of the road as long as everyone else is
following them. There's a good reason for this--it means that in many
situations, a crash won't happen unless both parties involved make
simultaneous mistakes. A little redundancy here is a good thing.
--Bruce Fields
|