21717. Whenever it is necessary for the driver of a motor vehicle to cross a bicycle lane that is adjacent to his lane of travel to make a turn, the driver shall drive the motor vehicle into the bicycle lane prior to making the turn and shall make the turn pursuant to Section 22100.

wpstoll:Small town city councils like those in Encinitas and Solana Beach tend to be comprised of amateur politicians on power trips. Small towns - small minds.

batmick:OK, here is another brain fart in the car centric universe of city planners. I ride Quail Garden Drive frequently and my wife works at Quail Gardens so this is personal.

http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/encinitas/encinitas-quail-gardens-drive-speed-limit-to-increase/article_fd13fa07-53cb-53df-8d3f-9025e21700d6.html

So they discover that most cars drive too fast and rather than putting in measures to prevent that, like stop signs or bumps, they just want to increase the speed limit. Brilliant! You can't make this sh*t up. Let's guess what'll happen next. The drivers who go too fast now will see a new speed limit and will just go 5-10 over that, just good enough to avoid a ticket. And all the people wanting to enter and exit the Gardens will have it even harder with that blind hill. And all the people walking and riding their bikes there will feel like on I5. Just awesome!

There will be a city meeting tonight at 6PM. Last chance to go and speak your mind against this nonsense (Item #8 and the agenda).

http://encinitas.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=5

Penelope Robles
11 hours ago near San Diego ·

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I have a story to share.

Please share this story and help me find out who this person CA Plates 4UPH307 is so that I may speak with them and let them know that assault is never the answer and that I may show them in the CVC book where the law states that I may use the lane when there is no bike lane.

On Saturday March 24 2012 myself and my 7 year old friend Dalyce were more then excited to go support the Bayshore Bikeway path that was finished, we happily jumped on our bikes and on to the road. We took Palomar Street from Hilltop heading down towards Industrial for 2 reasons 1. this was the path google maps gave me for bicycle and 2. a child can't pedal 35 mph so we take roads with more then one lane so we wouldn't become traffic.

When we ride she ride as close as safe to the right and I ride a few inches to her left so that cars coming behind us do no Jerry Brown a child(Jerry Brown'd means to pass within 3 feet of a cyclist) and can see that there is a child she wears neon colors or an orange vest.

We had an incident at 10:50 am that morning as we passed the lights were you can enter target before Industrial. Keep in mind this area has 3 lanes for traffic which is why we traveled down this street. A white car with the CA Plates 4UPH307 decided he wanted to drive within 2 inches to my handle bars, freaked out the words that escaped my lips were "What the hell" this apparently made the motorist pull over in to the Hometown Buffet parking lot as we followed I instructed Dalyce "go to the sidewalk and wait for me." The man then proceed to shout at me which at this point he has unclipped his seat belt, why I do not know but in my mind I was sure he was going to get out and beat me up. The words coming out of his mouth were those of an uneducated motorist. "You're suppose to be in the bike lane" " Your only suppose to ride in road that have bike lanes" I tell him if there is no bike lane by law we are allowed to take a lane when necessary "So your suppose to be in the bike lane"

I experience this kind of behavior from motorist daily but this was the last straw as I hyperventilated I dialed 911 repeating the license number. They said they would dispatch a car to look for the vehicle but was there anything done? How is assault with a deadly weapon sane. In LA and SF you can sue a motorist for Harassment.

bikingbill:This man is a bully. Deserving of a beat down in my book.

billd:The driver actually said that bicyclists are only allowed on roads with bike lanes. That's pure ignorance and adding more bike lanes will not fix the ignorance. In fact, it will reinforce it.

02a The Shared Lane Marking may be placed on roadways that have a speed limit above 35 mph, where there is bicycle travel and there is no marked bicycle lane or shared-use path and the right-hand traffic lane is too narrow to allow automobiles to safely pass bicyclists.

02a The Shared Lane Marking may be placed on roadways that have a speed limit above 35 mph, where there is bicycle travel and there is no marked bicycle lane or shared-use path and the right-hand traffic lane is too narrow to allow automobiles to safely pass bicyclists.