exactly.rules and etiquette are two different things.
Unless you are turning left, or the lane is wide and allows passing; pulling past cars at red lights only to slow them down when the light turns green will not win you any friends....Please don't, it just makes them angry
I'm sorry but I'll continue to ride past stopped cars.rules and etiquette are two different things.
Unless you are turning left, or the lane is wide and allows passing; pulling past cars at red lights only to slow them down when the light turns green will not win you any friends....Please don't, it just makes them angry
I get very frustrated about other riders pushing in front of me at lights and then going slowly, just rude. I think unless you know you will be faster, then pull away from the lights in the order you got there.well I commute to work and back on the bike 3-4 times a week, though I'm mostly off the road and on bike/shared paths I think it's better not to pass on the inside if you are going to hold up traffic. And this is where the question came from, bike rider passing on the inside (Victoria road, Gladesville, Sydney) then we were stuck behind her for the next 200meter going uphill at snail pace.
Even I was frustrated and unhappy.
ok, but when that bogan in a commodore that you just passed guns it at the lights, you won't be getting any sympathy from most road ridersI'm sorry but I'll continue to ride past stopped cars.
Why? Because I can - its on of the advantages of being on a bike, I don't get stuck in traffic. If I wanted to sit behind a car and not pass it i'd drive. Commuting via bike ftw.
really?? I did my motorbike licence in Vic and got taught that lane splitting on motorbike is always illegal. Because motorbikes are not allowed to share lanes with cars so you can't legally pass stopped cars in the same lane.FWIW, motorbikes are allowed to lane split (ie go between cars) regardless of whether traffic is moving or not.
right you are, I did actually mean to say that you aren't allowed to lane split (really should proofread my posts). my motorbike instructor said the same is true here in NSW.really?? I did my motorbike licence in Vic and got taught that lane splitting on motorbike is always illegal. Because motorbikes are not allowed to share lanes with cars so you can't legally pass stopped cars in the same lane.
Well.... in NSW lane splitting is definitely illegal... but (its a definition thing), it is legal to pass to the right of a stationary vehicle. So, if the traffic is stopped and you can get past the stationary car and stay in the lane then that's perfectly ok (and not considered lane splitting).really?? I did my motorbike licence in Vic and got taught that lane splitting on motorbike is always illegal. Because motorbikes are not allowed to share lanes with cars so you can't legally pass stopped cars in the same lane.
Except for bicycles - refer rule 141 clause 1.Passing vehicles on the left is verbotten...
Pretty much. Most of the time they've driven like tools to go around me, only to stop 50m at a light which has been red for a long time. I reward this kind of idiocy and impatience by getting to where I want to go faster than them.I'm sorry but I'll continue to ride past stopped cars.
Why? Because I can - its on of the advantages of being on a bike, I don't get stuck in traffic. If I wanted to sit behind a car and not pass it i'd drive. Commuting via bike ftw.