(not my image. I just find these comical and incredibly dangerous)

  • blackbrook@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    It’s not illegal or unreasonable to use a bit of someone else’s lane when you can do so without getting unsafely close to them. For example, if you are in the right lane and there is someone changing a tire on the shoulder and you want to give them some space. These are not going to be easy to see from certain perspectives, and are kind of asking for someone to misjudge their car width.

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      8 days ago

      The big trucks have 2 ft to play with. They max out at 9 ft wide in an 11ft lane. and if they wander into the next lane incorrectly, they’re responsible for 53 ft and are far more likely to kill someone.

      Ode to local statutes, in most states (all the ones I checked) it is absolutely illegal to operate in other people’s lanes.

      Statute: California Vehicle Code (CVC) § 21658(a)

      Statute: Virginia Code § 46.2-804

      Maryland Transportation Article § 21-309

      Look, I don’t love the wheel grinders, but what you wrote is not factual