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Its interesting that the first picture on the story shows a violation even though there's way more than 3 feet of separation - my understanding is you're not al

• mindslight 12y ago
  In regions with more observant drivers, painted lines are not treated as hard barriers but mainly serve to establish who has priority. With visibility and no oncoming traffic/left turns/active driveways, I will often have my right wheels next to the double yellow when passing a bike, because it's more pleasant for all involved. The written law should indeed be updated to differentiate between a quick pass of a slow/stopped vehicle on a city street, and a long pass on a similar-speed vehicle like two cars on an undivided highway. But until then if one is still adverse to driving on some paint, they can continue being overcautious by slowing down and passing at +5mph when possible.