09-16-2016, 07:58 AM
(09-15-2016, 09:28 PM)Canard Wrote: I guess it's really no different than when cars park temporarily on the "wrong side" of the very narrow street that we live on, and if I'm driving along, and a car is approaching in the other direction, I have to yield to it and wait for it to pass, then drive out around the vehicle that is blocking my path.
Is the other side of the street allowed? If so, it's illegal parking, but in practical terms no different impact than parking on the other side- no matter what, one direction of traffic will have to yield.
But it's different. When you had to pass this Canada Post vehicle on bike, you have to merge into mixed traffic that isn't expecting bicycles to be there. It's potentially a dangerous situation.
danbrotherstone recommended grumbling about it to bylaw. I'd recommend grumbling about it in a friendly note to Canada Post. Maybe they'd be interested in knowing that their postie is making it a habit to break bike lanes. Is that their standard operating procedure? Maybe it is; I don't know. But I doubt it.