California sr 87 -Traffic ticket!
Returning from Lake Tahoe to Seattle on California sr 87, a winding, mountain, two lane road in my truck camper pulling my boat I was ticket ed by CHP for lane violation! Officer observed that on this...
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toedtoes wrote:zb39 wrote:More To See wrote:
I'd love to be behind all the hard nose "stay between the lines" responders when they come up behind some bicycles out on a mountain road.
I'll bet none would follow along for miles at 5 miles an hour instead of just violating the yellow lines and sweeping on past at a somewhat safe location.
Sometimes you gotta use a little common sense.
X2
The OP made no mention of having to pass any cyclists. Of course, that would change opinions - it most likely would not have resulted in being cited by the CHP either as long as it was done safely.
x3 on the bicycle scenario.
So what your saying here is the law is only the law as the CHP sees it? I have no idea what, how much or how many times the OP crossed the line but this logic doesn't work for me. It would appear the OP crossed the line safely if there was not an accident. It's sort of like a ticket I got in Oregon back when the speed limit was 55. It was 3:00 AM not a car on the road and I was doing 65 "safely". The officer had the discretion of citing me, warning me or not stopping me at all but apparently had nothing better to do. The Oregon State Police is sort of like the CHP in that if they stop you your getting a ticket.
