Re: Three lane roads
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2014 10:46 am
A previous discussion.
Perhaps you were thinking of the situation where motorcyclists cross a solid white line to pass a queue of traffic; the argument for doing this is that since each vehicle in the queue is stopped, crossing the solid centre-line is permitted.
The counter-argument has at least two parts. First the legal: if any vehicle moves as it is being passed by the motorcyclist then an offence is being committed. Second the safety: the motorcyclist should have a clear point of return before starting to pass queuing vehicles and, in most cases, they are passing speculatively with no clear idea of where they will return should an on-coming vehicle come into view.
Perhaps you were thinking of the situation where motorcyclists cross a solid white line to pass a queue of traffic; the argument for doing this is that since each vehicle in the queue is stopped, crossing the solid centre-line is permitted.
The counter-argument has at least two parts. First the legal: if any vehicle moves as it is being passed by the motorcyclist then an offence is being committed. Second the safety: the motorcyclist should have a clear point of return before starting to pass queuing vehicles and, in most cases, they are passing speculatively with no clear idea of where they will return should an on-coming vehicle come into view.