And by that statute, passing on the right of cars stopped legally in a single lane waiting their turn to go through an intersection is illegal.
If there is another vehicle lane, it's ok. A bike lane is a vehicle lane.
If you wouldn't do it in a car, don't do it on a bike here in Washington. I've known folks who got tickets because they thought bicycles followed a different set of rules than all the other vehicles on the road. Washington cops are not shy about giving cyclists traffic tickets!
Seattle Traffic Code section 11.44.020 "Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall be granted all of the rights and shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to a driver of a verhicle..."
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03-08-2010, 06:54 AM #9
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