08-15-2019, 12:32 PM
(08-15-2019, 11:40 AM)chutten Wrote: In my case I arrived in Waterloo from a rural area without bike lanes and thought that the bike lanes were for whichever direction. It wasn't until I was yelled at did I do the research to learn that, surprise surprise, a bike lane is a lane of traffic so of course you have to respect the direction on that side of the thoroughfare.
So I'm a little more sympathetic than most when it comes to these sorts of education failures.
The cyclists crossing against signals I have no patience for, though.
And I'm not sure about the lane splitters. I don't much like sitting fourth in line at an intersection when I know it's much safer if I'm the first one through at the light (especially for turning left), but I just can't bring myself to squeeze through.
Lane splitting is a more complex thing, if it's on the right, it's almost certainly legal, if there's a bike lane, obviously it's fine, if there's a shoulder of any kind (a line before the curb) cyclists are allowed to use the shoulder, and if you're turning right, certainly moving forward on the right is acceptable, cars do this all the time.
But for all those cases I've had drivers get angry at me.