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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

If you zoom in, there is a car in the bike way. The road is too small for 2 cars. If the bike way is just a line that gets ignored, I don't need it. But maybe I'm over interpreting

[-] wolfpack86@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

I think you are under interpreting. The road is absolutely too small for two cars, and it's showing that bikes have priority on that part of the road. If two cars are in the center car lane, they must wait for the bike lanes to be clear to pass each other, it's not first come, first served as a road with no bike lanes would be.

[-] adriaan@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

100%. If you are a car wanting to pass a bike and there is an oncoming car, you wait behind the bike for the other car to pass before overtaking.

This road is also probably super rural and does not have enough traffic for this to become an issue. Overtaking and oncoming traffic is not a constant given how sparse the traffic is.

[-] TDCN@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago

Further more. That's 60 kmh not mph so it's relatively slow moving cars

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks!

[-] HerbalGamer@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It's allowed for cars to cross the line as long as no cyclists are present.

[-] TvanBuuren@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

Actually, because the bike lane has a dotted line as a border AND a bike logo in it (repeated every 250m or something), vehicles MAY cross said line (for passing or overtaking) but a bicycle has right of way in that lane.

This way you can make a 2 lane road a 4 lane road for slow traffic.

[-] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

As others have already mentioned, bikes have priority here. There is another aspect, however.

This scheme also intentionally makes the road look narrower than it actually is, which naturally makes people drive slower.

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