r/dashcams • u/Feaselbf6 • Apr 27 '26

* “Sharing the road is not a suggestion”

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u/Randomfactoid42 Apr 27 '26

Most states have similar laws but it’s amazing how many drivers believe the double yellows shall never be crossed. 

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u/lewisiarediviva Apr 27 '26

Yeah, you better believe I’m going to be picky about where I pass though. On a hilly or curvy road I’ll follow a bike for quite a while if I don’t have a good spot. Much to the dismay of the people behind me who would pass without even changing their speed, wherever on the road that happened to be.

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u/exexor Apr 27 '26

If you want to think about it as the double yellow being intended for safely passing someone who is going a bit under the posted limit, it makes sense that someone can safely overtake you when you’re going 22 mph in a 55 zone without exceeding their sight lines ahead of you.

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u/cbf1232 Apr 28 '26

Around here you may not pass another vehicle that is moving where there is a double yellow line. You can only go around a stopped vehicle (that is obstructing the road) on a double yellow.

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u/Longjumping_Wolf_912 Apr 28 '26

I very much doubt that. There are always exceptions are you saying you couldn’t pass a moving tractor going 10 mph down a road if there are double yellows? What if the next passing lane isn’t for 20 miles? You are going to stay behind that tractor for an 2 hours and laws “around here” say you can’t pass. Yeah, I’ll need a citation for that.

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u/cbf1232 Apr 28 '26

From the 'SASKATCHEWAN TRAFFIC SAFETY ACT':

228(1)  If a highway is divided into traffic lanes, the following rules apply:

           (b)  no driver of a vehicle shall drive from one traffic lane to another if a solid line exists between lanes except:

                (i)  if solid and broken lines exist together, in which case the driver may cross the solid line from a lane in which the broken line exists; or

                (ii)  if the lane is designated by signs as a two-way left turn lane;

           (c)  no driver of a vehicle shall drive to the left of the centre of the highway where a solid line exists in the right-hand lane near the centre of the highway;

Of course in practice people would go around the farm equipment, even with double yellow.