BIKE LANES ON BLOOR (AND A CAR DRIVING IN THEM)
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Video of a commute along the new Bloor Street bike lanes from Shaw to Avenue (and then some).
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Here's the lawon cars and bike lanes...
A. Subject to § 886-11, no person shall operate a vehicle other than a bicycle in any bicycle lane except for the purpose of:
(1) Ingress to or egress from a private lane or driveway adjacent to the bicycle lane;
(2) Making a turn at a highway intersecting the bicycle lane;
(3) Entering or exiting a curb lane used for parking;
(4) Loading or unloading of a person with a disability, while actively engaged in doing so;
(5) Operating a school bus while actively engaged in picking up or dropping off school children; or
(6) Operating a taxicab while actively engaged in loading or unloading of passengers.
B. Despite § 886-10A, no person operating a vehicle in a bicycle lane for the purposes set out in § 886-10A shall operate a vehicle in the lane for a distance exceeding 45 metres. [Amended 2007-06-22 by By-law No. 665-2007]
Basically a car can merge into a bike lane (even across a solid line) up to 45 metres from an intersction, driveway they plan to turn in, etc..
Once a car has safely merged into a bike lane, a cyclist must either stay behind until the car has made its turn, or signal and pass on the left.
If you try to squeeze between a vehicle turning right and the curb, you'll get dinged by the cops for "unsafe pass" every time.
In the video you posted all vehicles seem to be in process of legally merging into bike lane -
And it looks like you rode right through a stop sign. Not that I don't do this, but I at least look both ways.
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But, you know, let's not anger the piece of shit in this video... wouldn't want to distract him from his 30k/yr job.
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And this is why cyclists get a bad rap! A completely hyperbolic response to an honest mistake.
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