(11-24-2018, 02:27 AM)GtwoK Wrote: It's not legal to switch lanes when the lane you are in is moving slowly?
Not if the lanes are marked... in this case the left lane is Left Turn/Straight Through, and the right lane is Right Turn. If you were to switch into the right lane, and go straight through, you would not be following the lane markings. If you were 3 cars back and did this and the left-turning car suddenly was able to turn, the second car would proceed forward, parallel to you... and then you’d either be forced onto the LRT tracks, you’d have to aggressively merge, slam on your brakes, or sit there like a goof stopped with your left turn signal on hoping someone lets you back in (for being impatient). There is only one lane North of this intersection on Charles, if you didn’t know.
(11-24-2018, 07:54 AM)kitborn Wrote: Road markings for turn lanes are not regulatory. Lanes that are indicated with a regulatory sign (white on black) are the ones that have to be obeyed.
Wow, that’s news to me... is this actually written somewhere? It’s been a while since I went to drivers school, but I was of the impression lane markings were the law. So this isn’t the case, and people can just do whatever they want?