| golfing eagles |
05-18-2017 08:50 AM |
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Originally Posted by collie1228
(Post 1400098)
This is a quote from the State of Florida website concerning traffic laws: "A solid white line marks the edge of the roadway or separates lanes of traffic moving in the same direction. You may travel in the same direction on both sides of this line, but you should not cross the line unless you must do so to avoid a hazard. Double solid white lines indicate that changing lanes is not allowed." Since you said you passed this guy who was in the diamond lane, you must have crossed a solid white line to make the pass. If a cop sees you, and isn't lazy or busy eating a donut, he might give you a ticket. And if he clocks you at over 20 MPH, you could also get a ticket for driving an unregistered vehicle.
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Gee, officer, I considered the clown driving 12 mph ahead of me to be a HAZARD that I definitely needed to AVOID.
And once again, you imply that no one can ever make a left turn unless they are "avoiding a hazard". I think this law, as stated, is poorly written at least as it pertains to roads with cart lanes in TV. A common interpretation is to consider the white line to be the right edge of the car lane, not a division between 2 lanes of vehicular traffic. Imagine the accidents if they did not put a line on the pavement defining the right edge of the car lane and left edge of the cart lane. (Yes, you can argue for a broken line, BUT...cars are not supposed to cross that line or drive in the cart lane, even to make a right turn. A car should get to their intersection THEN turn right from the car lane (please be careful of not cutting off a cart)) A broken line would imply that it is OK for a car to drift into the cart lane, and even worse, use it to pass a car turning left. What they really need is a way to indicate that carts can safely leave the cart lane to pass or turn left, but cars can't cross the line. Maybe a line painted with white rabbits and green turtles? |
