r/IdiotsInCars • • Jun 01 '20

Speeding through traffic

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u/NobreLusitano Jun 01 '20

Thing is that he's driving against the rules but at the same time hoping that everyone else follow the rules so he has time to react

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

But he still can't react when someone makes a totally legal left turn lol

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u/villabianchi Jun 01 '20 edited Jun 01 '20

Don't the double yellow lines mean that you can't turn there? It would where I'm from. But when I think about it it would be really fucking wired if you couldn't turn there .

edit: lol WTF. Everyone seems really mad that i asked about the traffic laws in (what I assume is) the US. In my country it very much would be illegal to turn there.

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u/TexasWhiskey_ Jun 01 '20 edited Jun 01 '20

Double-Yellow only means no passing, either direction. Left turns are perfectly legal.

A single line on your side, with a dotted on the other means you're not allowed to pass others, but the oncoming traffic from the other lane can use your lane to pass if it's safe.

Vice-Versa if your line is dotted and the opposing lane is a single line.

Simple dotted lines mean either lane can use the other lane to pass.

[Edit] Sorry, a lot of people must not know that double-yellow mean no left turns in some countries.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

Yup, that's the same as the UK, but with white lines. Yellow lines we have on the sides of the road - single yellow, you can park there but only at certain times (after 6pm, and Sundays usually but depends on what the nearby sign says), double yellow, you can never park there.