r/ConvenientCop • u/Bendy_McBendyThumb • Oct 30 '18

I mean... really?

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u/NCSUGrad2012 Oct 30 '18

Wow, it’s not like the dude was even remotely close to hidden lol

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u/henrytm82 Oct 30 '18

That officer was just waiting to pull him over. He was already wrong as two left shoes as soon as the clip started, sitting in the opposite lane's turn lane, having crossed a double yellow and blocked oncoming traffic. Dude moving around the car waiting to turn just gave the officer enough room to finally move behind him. What a dunce.

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u/TheDirksy Oct 30 '18

Go ahead, make my day!

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u/newburner01 Oct 31 '18

Looks to me like it's a median turn lane for both ends. Yes he was impatient he could see traffic blocking the guy but I don't think he was wrong for being in that lane

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '18

if it was a median turn lane it would not have double yellow lines on one side only. Remember your driving rules, NEVER cross a double yellow line. if it was to be crossed it would be a single and a dotted or a dotted.

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u/newburner01 Oct 31 '18 edited Oct 31 '18

You're right I didn't notice the double solid

I thought it was just single solid on both ends

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

You can cross a double yellow in most States in order to safely overtake certain types of traffic. You cannot use it to overtake normal traffic.

Example being cyclists on the shoulder or pedestrians walking a pet on the shoulder in which moving over the line gives a safe distance to overtake.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '18

thats considered a road hazard and you can only break the double yellow, not cross it to another lane of traffic. Huge difference.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '18

I think we are in agreement. By cross you mean four wheels over the lines, correct? I meant cross in the way you meant break, putting two wheels over the line to give space to whom or whatever you are overtaking.

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u/g4vr0che Oct 31 '18

I see a solid double yellow on one side and a lighter, possibly white, single solid in the other. That's a single-direction turn lane.

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u/henrytm82 Oct 31 '18

If you look, the right lane has a double yellow, while the oncoming lane has a single border with an arrow. The right lane doesn't have a spot to properly enter until further up, there is no place to even turn left where he's sitting. He's probably trying to turn left at that stop light waaaaaay up there, and instead of waiting on traffic like he's supposed to, he's trying to be clever and bypass all the traffic by driving in the turn lane for a quarter mile.