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This is a common problem in downtown raleigh. do a study and look at how many people turn right from a straight lane when there is a bike lane on the right of the road. Drivers are supposed to merge through the bike lane into the right lane to turn right, but MANY MANY MANY drivers dont do this. It has caused me so many near misses when drivers just suddenly turn right, cutting in front of me as I try to turn right from the actual right turn lane. Its like many people dont realize that the parking stops and the rightmost area turns into a right turn lane. This is why the bike lane line becomes broken at the intersection area to indicate cars can move over and turn right. Today someone got very aggressive with me and upset me greatly when I tried to explain. Maybe the city should paint arrows on the road to indicate what lane you should be in to turn?
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From the NCDOT Driver's Handbook, p52: "...stay close to the right edge of the road, so that another vehicle cannot move between your vehicle and the curb."
And in North Carolina, a bicycle is considered a vehicle.
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We’re aware of the confusion and will be working on creating some educational material to help bicyclists and drivers navigate through intersections with bike lanes. I’ll let you know as soon as we have something up on bikeraleigh.org.
Trung Vo, PE, AICP
Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Manager
City of Raleigh Department of Transportation
919.996.2476 | trung.vo@raleighnc.gov
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I agree, Devon - a post on the website will not be revolutionary, but it will be a start. Hopefully it will serve as a resource that you can point anyone to if they're confused about what to do. We're definitely using the lessons we've learned from these locations to improve how we design future bike lanes at intersections.
I'll also be working with several partner organizations to get the word out including Raleigh BPAC and Oaks & Spokes, but I'd be thrilled if you could help spread the word as well.
Stay tuned for the post - I'll provide a link here once it's live.
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Here it is, folks:
http://bikeraleigh.org/home/index.php/blogbike/374-right-turns-intersections-and-bicyclists-3
Spread the word and let us know if you have any questions.
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