sumgy wrote:So "find bruce", you are saying that your interpretation of the rules has precedence over what is written in the QLD road rules?
Who says that there is no such thing as a shared bike lane?
What a load of rot.
Stuff like this is why cyclists end up in trouble.
They have an interpretation of the road rules that they make up in their own mind.
There obviously is such a thing as a shared lane as it is noted in the section of the road rules that relates
SPECIFICALLY to cyclists as I have quoted a page back.
Stop reading the road rules as they relate to all vehicles and start reading the specific section about bicycles.
Shared bicycle lane for left turn
This arrangement is used at certain intersections to indicate a "shared" lane. As long as a motorist gives way to any cyclists on the "shared" lane, they are allowed to travel on part of a green bicycle lane for a short distance, in order to turn left at an upcoming intersection. The "Share bicycle lane for left turn" sign indicates the point where drivers are permitted to enter the bicycle lane to prepare for a left turn.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of careful reading happening in this thread.
Sumgy - unless the quotes are getting mixed up, what you quoted is not part of the queensland road rules, its just something somebody put up on the TMR website. That does not make it a road rule. And as already pointed out, for it to be a shared bicycle lane, it needs a sign to be present to say that it is a shared lane. And there is no sign there. So it isn't.
Secondly, why is everybody calling it a bike lane? Its not a bike lane. Its a bit of road painted green, which is NOT what it takes to make a bike lane. See rule 153 for a definition of a bike lane. There is no mention of green paint magically creating a bike lane - the rules require a lane marked on the road AND a sign (on a post) saying "bicycle lane". There is no sign post. So its not a bicycle lane.
Thirdly, as it wasn't a bike lane, the ute driver could park himself wherever he liked on it.
Personally, depending on what was coming up behind me, I would have passed on the right and waited to the right of the ute. The van has that look about it of "prepare yourself for my left hook".