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RE: And another wounded ST.....
- Subject: RE: And another wounded ST.....
- From: Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 14:04:39 -0500
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At 11:31 AM 10/4/99 -0700, Bruce McCurdy wrote:
>With regard to your accident in NYC, first let me offer my condolences. I
>had an accident very much like yours in '92, a panel van turned right, no
>signal, from a stop light just as I was sneaking past on the right side.
>The bad news is I was cited as "at fault" as I was passing on the right (at
>about 5 mph) between the right-most lane of "traffic" and the parked cars.
>In CA, lane sharing is legal, but only in the center between two parallel
>lanes, not on the right next to the parked cars. Or so I was told at the
>time by my insurance company.
I was told by a policeman here that, in Illinois at least, 8 open feet of pavement is a lane, even if it is not striped. If you sneak through less than that, you are not in a lane, but if there is an eight foot or wider gap, it is in fact a lane. Surprised me.
Rich Weyand | _______ ___,---. ---+_______:_ |Rich Weyand
Weyand Associates| |_N_&_W_| |_N_&_W_| |__|________|_ |TracTronics
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At 11:31 AM 10/4/99 -0700, Bruce McCurdy wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite cite>With regard to your accident in NYC, first let
me offer my condolences. I<br>
had an accident very much like yours in '92, a panel van turned right,
no<br>
signal, from a stop light just as I was sneaking past on the right
side.<br>
The bad news is I was cited as "at fault" as I was passing on
the right (at<br>
about 5 mph) between the right-most lane of "traffic" and the
parked cars.<br>
In CA, lane sharing is legal, but only in the center between two
parallel<br>
lanes, not on the right next to the parked cars. Or so I was told
at the<br>
time by my insurance company.</blockquote><br>
I was told by a policeman here that, in Illinois at least, 8 open feet of
pavement is a lane, even if it is not striped. If you sneak through
less than that, you are not in a lane, but if there is an eight foot or
wider gap, it is in fact a lane. Surprised me.<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>Rich Weyand |
_______ ___,---. ---+_______:_ |Rich
Weyand</div>
<div>Weyand Associates| |_N_&_W_| |_N_&_W_| |__|________|_
|TracTronics</div>
<div>Comm Consultants | ooo ooo ~ ooo ooo ~ oOOOO- OOOO=o\ |Model
RR Electronics</div>
weyand@xxxxxxx |
<a href="http://www.mcs.net/~weyand/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.mcs.net/~weyand/</a>
|weyand@xxxxxxx
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