Neville Wrote:
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> Honda pilot,
>
> You have a driver's license and don't know that
> you have to pass a bicyclist with three feet
> clearance minimum in Virginia, DC, and Maryland?
>
> Why would any driver get behind the wheel if he
> didn't know the rules of the road? On the really
> off chance you have doubt, please see:
>
>
http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapt
> er8/section46.2-839/
>
> § 46.2-839. Passing bicycle, electric personal
> assistive mobility device, electric power-assisted
> bicycle, moped, animal, or animal-drawn vehicle.
>
Any driver of any vehicle overtaking a bicycle,
> electric personal assistive mobility device,
> electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or
> animal-drawn vehicle proceeding
in the same
> direction shall pass at a reasonable speed at
> least three feet to the left of the overtaken
> bicycle, electric personal assistive mobility
> device, electric power-assisted bicycle, moped,
> animal, or animal-drawn vehicle
and shall not
> again proceed to the right side of the highway
> until safely clear of such overtaken bicycle,
> electric personal assistive mobility device,
> electric power-assisted bicycle, moped, animal, or
> animal-drawn vehicle.
>
> 1981, c. 585, § 46.1-208.1; 1989, c. 727; 1999,
> c. 999; 2001, c. 834; 2002, c. 254; 2004, cc. 947,
> 973; 2014, c. 358.
>
> Please also note that you are legally allowed to
> pass the solid line markings to pass a person on a
> bicycle or foot, if you can do so safely, for
> example giving a bicyclist at least three feet
> clearance.
>
>
http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title46.2/chapt
> er8/section46.2-804/
>
> . . .5. Wherever a highway is marked with double
> traffic lines consisting of a solid line
> immediately adjacent to a broken line,
no
> vehicle shall be driven to the left of such line
> if the solid line is on the right of the broken
> line, except (i) when turning left for the
> purpose of entering or leaving a public, private,
> or commercial road or entrance or (ii)
in order
> to pass a pedestrian or a device moved by human
> power, including a bicycle, skateboard, or
> foot-scooter, provided such movement can be made
> safely. Where the middle lane of a highway is
> marked on both sides with a solid line immediately
> adjacent to a broken line, such middle lane shall
> be considered a left-turn or holding lane and it
> shall be lawful to drive to the left of such line
> if the solid line is on the right of the broken
> line for the purpose of turning left into any road
> or entrance, provided that the vehicle may not
> travel in such lane further than 150 feet;
Fuck the laws. The reality of the situation is that cyclists who use the roads that were built for motor vehicles those cyclists deserve to die or at least be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of their lives.