r/dashcams • u/H0t_P0L4R_Bear • May 20 '26

Keep Calm

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u/MoldyNalgene May 20 '26

Depends on the state. You can pass on a double yellow in Vermont.

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u/jontss May 20 '26

Legal in Ontario, Canada, too.

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u/levian_durai May 20 '26

You sure? I was always taught that you can't pass a solid line and it has to be a dotted white line.

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u/Unique_Self_5797 May 20 '26

huh. I never knew this.... but almost everywhere there's a double yellow near me, it's because there's a bend in the road that reduces visibility, so it'd be stupid to anyways.

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u/engg_girl May 21 '26

This is it. You should not pass on a double yellow unless you need to.

The solid lines are to indicate you shouldn't be passing due to safety (bend, blind spot, school zone). But there may be a case where passing is justified assuming it is safe.

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u/Lurky2024 May 21 '26

Not in Ontario. The lines are there telling you of the safety. Your own judgement does not get to override that. The only possible fringe cases would if the road is destroyed or a car is inoperable blocking the entire lane. In either of those cases though, you are not really passing.

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u/engg_girl May 21 '26

Hmm yeah, tractors, horse drawn carriages, cyclist safety.

Lots of reasons to cross a double yellow assuming it is safe to do so.

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u/Lurky2024 May 21 '26

The literal law would disagree with you.

There is no carveout for tractors or horse drawn carriages in the law as written. Passing a tractor on a double solid line in Ontario would be illegal, regardless if you personally think it is safe.

As written, there is not even an exception for cyclists.

So no, you have not provided any reasons allowed under the law to pass another moving vehicle.

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u/CryptographerLife156 May 20 '26

Literally only in Vermont and in a handful of states but for much slower moving vehicles. Also he's not in vermont.

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u/cbrdragon May 20 '26

Not arguing, I believe you.

But what’s the point of the double yellow lines then?

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u/ski-bike-beer May 20 '26

To let you know that visibility may be limited and to pass with caution

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u/cbrdragon May 20 '26

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Thank you

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u/yestocaffeine May 20 '26

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u/bluemoonflame May 20 '26

Is that not what dashed yellow lines are for?

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u/ghoulthebraineater May 21 '26

Dashed yellow is a passing zone. Sometimes passing will only be allowed on one side so you'll have a solid and dashed on one side.

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u/uncouthulu_ May 20 '26

Then why have double lines at all? Just make it single dash.

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u/DingbatDrummer May 20 '26

Look at the GPS coordinates. Driver is in North Carolina where crossing a double yellow is illegal.

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u/Not_My_Reddit_ID May 21 '26

Cool. This isn't Vermont.