Hi there smart drivers. Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about bicycle lanes
and turning right for the purposes of a road test. Now just before we get started
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truck or bus driver. Now as you can see the bicycle lane behind me, these are
beginning to make inroads into the driving landscape and are something that
you have to deal with for the purposes of a road test. and I had a comment from
Jessica pang and Nani Hallam both of those smart drivers wanted to more
information about making right-hand turns when they encounter bicycle lanes
as the one behind me here now one of the things that I'll start with is in North
America not in other countries I know for in Australia for example lanes of
traffic are divided by white lines and yellow lines and yellow lines designated
traffic going in opposite directions white lines designate traffic going in
the same direction so the bicycles are going in the same direction is traffic
although here in British Columbia there seems to be some odd seeing of cyclists
riding against traffic which really kind of weirds me out when I'm driving my car
but it's part of the driving landscape here so know that solid white lines you
can't cross over those for the purposes of a road test and most of the time the
solid white lines are found near intersections or crosswalks so keep an
eye out for those at those locations while you're on your road test and you
cannot deviate into the bicycle lane for the purposes of a road test so know that
as well and so what we're going to do today is we're going to hook up the
cameras are going to go for a drive and give you some more information about
bicycle lanes and how to deal with bicycle lanes for the purposes of making
a right-hand turn on a road test so stick around we'll be right back with
that information
my driver's welcome back Rick with smart drive test talking to you today about
bicycle lanes as you can see the bicycle lane along the right hand side of the
road here the solid white line which means you can't cross over if you can't
drive in it now here's the roundabout the vehicle and stop you can see that
the bicycle lane terminates and the kerb goes in therefore if you do encounter a
bicycle coming up to the roundabout you need to let the bicycle go first and
then proceed in kind the bicycle got a piston here crosswalk and you can see
the bicycle lane here on the right and we're going to make right-hand turn down
here at the intersection at the traffic light now do not crop into the bicycle
lane at all do not deviate into it actually there was a little bit away
from it especially in the summertime now you can see that there's dotted lines
down here and that's where you want to cross the bicycle lane at those dotted
lines because that's the place that they watch it across and
before you cross over on the bicycle lane be sure that you shoulder check and
ensure that there aren't any bicycles that are going to proceed straight
through the intersection when you're moving in position your vehicle to turn
right in the right-hand turning lane and that's how you do it at most of the
intersections now we're going to do another chunk of road here and I'm going
to show you something else that they've done on new road what we do is they fix
the road and they put in a new bicycle lane on the new section of road and the
road continues down and then the bicycle lane terminates because there isn't a
bicycle lane on the old section of road and that's what they've done over here
on this piece of road and that's the other thing when you're driving in urban
areas you're going to have to watch out for is the disappearance and
reappearance of the bicycle lanes because that's one of the things that
you're going to have to watch for in urban areas is the disappearance and
reappearance of bicycle lanes because on new sections of roads that they've
repaired they put the bicycle lane in and then on the old section of road it
doesn't appear now we see that there's a bicycle lane here in front of us and the
line doesn't go across the intersection but I can see it over there on the right
stop at the correct stopping position then I creep forward moving my vehicle
to the right the way is clear and the bicycle lane is there I don't want to
deviate into the bicycle lane I want drive out far enough that I can get into
my lane without getting into the bicycle lane now we go over the railway crossing
here or the railroad crossing as it's called in North America and the bicycle
lane terminate so they're going to come out around the cars here so we're going
to go back around and do another turn out of bicycle lane
and you saw there that the light went yellow as I came up to the intersection
I'm past the stop line however you not back up simply stop that's okay for the
purposes of a road test because you had to stop for the yellow light it kind of
caught you there so that's perfectly acceptable you came
to a stop do not back up there's a little bit of
room to back up if a truck or something came around here then you would have to
back up for the vehicle the bigger vehicle to get around but for the most
part you're going to be all right sitting there the other dog is lying in
the center of the road which means we can cross over and you see the dotted
lines the bicycle line goes solid the dotted and dotted is where you want to
change lanes to move to the right-hand turning lane and the light has gone Reds
we stopped behind the stop line
and it looks like the way is clear so we're going to move forward so we can
see the intersection
and we got vehicles coming that vehicle is turning all the other vehicles are in
the other lanes so we're going to move into the inside lane and we have to
merge across here
you can see the cautionary sign that there's an early nin and so I had my
signal on there for a good length of time cross over the dotted line and the
vehicle behind me when I had my signal on let off the throttle and I simply
accelerated and I was able to between the two of us we work together and
created a spot that I was able to merge into when my lane and you can see here
on the right again it's not really a bicycle lane per se on the right but
bicycles could ride in there on that solid line and that's all the line means
if you don't cross over and again we're going to take a right-hand turn down
here across that solid line the these is the solid line terminates at the slip
plane which makes it okay but you still on a shoulder check and make sure there
aren't any bicycles nobody in the pedestrian crosswalk the traffic is not
coming and we are clear to go
we're coming around the corner here and we're going to do the right-hand turn
we've got the advanced turning in some left-hand lane and moving over to the
right-hand lane and usually around the corner and shoulder checking and you can
see the bicycle lane on the right here and here it's got green patches it's
solid and then it goes to green and where it goes to green is where you want
to make the right-hand turn so we don't deviate into the bicycle lane to get up
there we stay in our lane with our right signal on and at that green section on
the roadway that's where we move across the bicycle lane so the traffic's moving
off we stay in our lane we shoulder check check the mirror shoulder check
again nobody in the pedestrian crosswalk traffic is clear and we proceed and
that's how you do it at those places preparation for making the right we move
the vehicle to the right side of the lane you can see there's a you might be
able to see in the cat dashcam there's a there's a bicycle lane over there and
again we don't want to turn into the bicycle lane you want to turn into your
lane excuse me so you have to move out far enough get into your own lane and
I've had to move out here so that I can see the traffic and I can see that once
this pickup truck goes by we're good to go and we move forward and right out
into our lane we don't deviate into the bicycle lane at all and now we're going
to turn right at the next intersection here you can see the solid line now you
cannot cross into the bicycle lane so you've got to go right up to the corner
and of course this guy's pulling up onto the sidewalk here
and I just waved that guy on because he was started sitting in the intersection
the light was going yellow to red and I've got a pedestrian here and I don't
know whether the pedestrians going or not
no okay and that's what you do if you're not sure and as you saw weighted
rightfully got to the intersection you almost have to do a 90-degree turn there
to not deviate into the bicycle lane because of that solid white line you
cannot deviate into that bicycle lane and as soon as I saw there I wasn't sure
what other people were doing so you saw that I just stopped and I waited and
that's what you have to do for the purposes of a road test if you're the
least bit unsure what other road users is doing just stop and wait for them to
clear or for them to get eye contact with you to ensure that you're going to
be safe that you're not going to go around there and that pedestrians going
to step out and she got eye contact with me and sort of nodded that I could go
then I proceeded around the intersection as well the other guy that was turning
he was already sort of committed his vehicle was turned slightly so I didn't
turn in front of him because it's a defensive move on my part that I was
waiting to see what that driver was going to do and that's what happened and
you can see once you get down into the downtown areas there aren't many bicycle
lanes I mean your city may be different where you're taking your road test but
for the most part this Vernon is an older city did grow up to the motorcar
but downtown we don't have bicycle lanes and most of the corners are squared off
they're not big nice played corners for that accommodate larger vehicle get
larger highways and those types of things you're going to notice that the
corners are more rounded and played off to accommodate larger turning vehicles
so we're looking no pedestrians we got one vehicle that's traveling quite
slowly and we can procede and we turn into the
inside lane and converge over to the right as we go around the corner merge
to the right it's a dash line so we can cross it
and again we're shoulder checking and make sure that there aren't any vehicles
behind us nobody in the crosswalk left history and we can see here that the
bicycle lane starts immediately so we do not deviate into the bicycle lane when
we're turning the bicycle lane is on the right and again we're going to turn
right at the next intersection solid white line do not cross over that
there's a bicycle behind us which is good the bicycle actually is quite a
distance back see there's no dotted lines here so we want to come up as far
as possible and then try and get into your own lane trying encroach on the
bicycle lane as little as possible that's actually a really good
intersection we'll go around and do that one more time here signal shoulder check
bicycling on the island there Steve there's no pedestrian nobody coming no
cyclists and again we're going to do this right hand corner here with the
bicycle lane and as I said it's not impossible to do this turn without
encroaching on the bicycle lane but try to encroach on the bicycle lane as
little as possible so before you start to turn get it close to the corner as
you can and then go around the corner and aim to get in your lane without
deviating too much into the bicycle lane so sometimes that will happen with
bicycle lane that you're going to have to encroach a little bit just because of
the way they painted the line there just isn't anything you can do about that so
if you're making right-hand turns on this bicycle lane solid white lines get
up to where the two roads meet before you start making your terms and here you
see the cyclist in the bicycle lane they're good and clear you do not need
to move out of your lane to pass that cyclist to sustain your laying hold your
course and carry on and just keep an eye on the measure moving up
and you're going to move over to the right here behind the intersection and
this actually kind of worked out for me if there was another vehicle in this
cube back there you would have waited on the other side of the intersection
because you can't block the intersection and I'll put a card up in the corner for
you on blocking intersections for the purpose of the road test if the light is
red and the traffic is backed up to the intersection you don't have enough space
on the other side of the intersection to clear the intersection for the purposes
of a road test don't do that because in some jurisdictions doesn't automatic
fail or major demerits for the purposes of your test so make sure that you can
clear the intersection because it is another bicycle lane here we're going to
make a right up here and it's Midway sort of not really a block and kind of
Midway so your signal just past that intersection and then your signal
shoulder check and make sure there are any bicycles and again and croch on the
intersection as much apart as little as possible when you're making the turn
across the bicycle lane but it is imperative that your shoulder check and
check the bicycle lane to make sure there aren't any deep any bicycles in
that lane as you're coming up and it's imperative that your shoulder check
before crossing over the bicycle lane and again I'll put a card up in the
corner here for you on shoulder checking and how you shoulder check for the
purposes of a road test quick review of bicycle lanes for the purposes of
passing a road test bicycle lanes are designated from the main lanes of
traffic by a solid white line this only applies in north america solid white
lines means that you can't cross over them you can't drive in the bicycle lane
and as you saw in the footage there in the main body of the video some of the
bicycle lanes is the ones behind me here it can be a little bit faded we're well
into the summer and they haven't repainted these yet so know that they're
going to be faded in some parts and you're really going to have to look for
those on your road test and this is the reason that you want to practice in and
around the licensing center where you're going to take your license so you know
that the bicycle lanes are in fact there as well as they fix the roads and
improve the roads they're going to put bicycle lanes in so as you're traveling
along a stretch of road it's not unusual to go along and have a bicycle lane and
then all of a sudden the bike Lane disappears and then a few blocks
down the road it'll reappear again so keep that in mind as well on your road
test and again I come back to practicing in and around the licensing Center where
you're going to be taking your test so you know that about the bicycle lanes so
when you come up to make prepare for your right-hand turn look at the bicycle
lane markings and see where they're dotted where they go from solid to
dashed and that's where you're going to cross over into the turning lane if in
fact there is a right-hand turning lane and as well in the body of the video
there you saw that one where we couldn't help but actually deviate into the
bicycle lane because it was so far out into the intersection that when we made
the right-hand turn we actually had to go in but you want to try and minimize
the amount of how much you encroach into the bicycle lane when you're making a
right-hand turn try and box your turn more so that you don't encroach into the
bicycle lane and as well you saw that when we come out from the cross streets
as well that we had to box the turn so we went right out into our lane and not
encroaching on the bicycle lane you want to minimize that as much as possible for
the purposes of your road test if you can do that you're going to be
successful on your road test so just box the turn so go farther into the
intersection before you turn that way you're not going to cross over into the
bicycle lane and that's how you do that to the purposes of a road test question
from my smart drivers do you have bicycle lanes in the city that you are
taking your road test and are they solid white lines or they something different
I know for a fact in Holland some often times they're part of the sidewalk and
they're designate and they're demarcate from the sidewalk with raised cement
concrete's it's great pedaling in Holland for sure leave a comment down in
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I'm Rick with smart drive test thanks very much for watching good luck in your
road test and remember pick the best answer not necessarily the right answer
have a great day bye now and I'm meeting the that's what happens at play and
practice for your road test we're sitting at the intersection other people
are wondering what I'm doing talking to my camera yeah so that will make a good
proof for the end of the video anyway you
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