General Road and Highway Discussion

[Canard]

Aside from the dispute above about whether lane markings for turning are regulatory or not, you'd also be passing on the right (arguable) and changing lanes in an intersection.

Passing on the right doesn't apply, otherwise Left Turn Lanes would basically result in all traffic stopping completely.

(my thought on "passing on the right" has always been... if I'm on the highway and I'm able to pass you on the right, you're doing something wrong. I keep to the right, which is the law, BTW - and if I'm able to overtake you because you're moving slower than me and you're not in the right lane, that's your fault for not following the rules, not mine. I had a friend slam on the brakes once in the right lane doing 105 in fear he might go past a truck that was parked in the middle lane doing 90 km/h on 401 once... made me shake my head.)

But back to the question at hand, so, there seems to be some ambiguity if road lane markings are legally binding or not.

So if they're not, what happens if people in both lanes go straight through, and merge together and cause a crash? Who's fault is it then? Sounds like it would be the fault of the person who didn't follow the lane markings.