Crossing over double solid yellow lines

[jlee]

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: JLee
How else is she going to turn left?

If there are no 'No left turn' signs, I'm going to say it was a legal turn coupled with a(n) (illegal) failure to yield.

Edit: Are we talking about Patchogue Road or the other one?

Agree its legal but that doesn't mean the person making the left isnt at fault

/facepalm

 

[darkxshade]

It's only legal if the double solid yellow lines were painted over 18 years ago. Otherwise, only pedostrians can cross it.

 

[ObiDon]

Originally posted by: TangoJuliet

Originally posted by: biggestmuff

All of this doesn't even matter. PICS OF YOU MFING WIFE! YOU KNOW THE GD RULES!

Haha! You wish! You know no babe threads are allowed here in OT

Oh forgot to mention she's 8 months pregnant too.

who loves boobies? charlie waffle!!!

 

[spacejamz]

Double solid lines indicate 'No Passing' not 'No Turning'.

 

[mugs]

It's legal to turn out of a parking lot across solid yellow lines; if it weren't there'd be a no left turn sign at the exit.

However, it is not legal to turn left out of a parking lot and crash into another car.

 

[Baked]

Anything's legal as long as there are no cops or cameras in sight.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

You can TURN across a double yellow, but you cannot pass with a double yellow.
If there are two sets of double yellow lines, then you cannot turn across them either.

Single: can pass
Solid: can't pass
Two sets of double solid: think of it like a concrete barrier.

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: torpid
Hope your wife wasn't injured or anything. So your wife was on patchouge road going south (i.e. coming from the left if you are in the parking lot facing patchogue) and they just didn't look to the left before turning left into the road (i.e. heading N on patchogue)?

If you click on the link on the 1st page then you will get a better view. My wife was on 112 in the left lane (towards the Carvel) going south. The vehicle came out of the 7-11 parking lot cut across the 1st lane and hit her in the 2nd lane.

She said her car did a couple 360's and ended up at those coordinates just missing the sign that says Route 112.

I don't like making lefts and try to avoid doing so. If the driver wasn't in such a rush she would have realized there is another exit from 7-11 where you can make the left at the light.

 

[bignateyk]

Unless there is a "No left turn" sign you can turn left through double yellow lines.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: TruePaige
Well when you are driving it's not legal, but if you are pulling out of a parking lot it is. Otherwise how would you go left?

this. totally legal turning out of parking lot.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Sounds like the other driver already admitted fault, why do you care if that particular maneuver was legal?

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
You can TURN across a double yellow, but you cannot pass with a double yellow.
If there are two sets of double yellow lines, then you cannot turn across them either.

Single: can pass
Solid: can't pass
Two sets of double solid: think of it like a concrete barrier.

That is what I've always heard. In most locations, it means no passing. It usually doesn't mean no crossing.

Either way, it is never legal to drive into another car. The other car admitted the mistake, your insurance company will make the other driver's insurance pay.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: TangoJuliet
she "did not realize there was someone in the other lane"

Fail.

 

[TangoJuliet]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Sounds like the other driver already admitted fault, why do you care if that particular maneuver was legal?

Well, it was something I would have used as ammo incase the insurance company wanted to place any liability on my wife. The good part is both parties are insured by All State so the deductible was waived.

My wife's car was hit on the rear passenger side door and tire. Taking a quick inspection of the car the rear tire which took a big hit was bent but not sure if the axel is bent as well.

 

[QueBert]

it varies state to state. In Cali (San Diego) I was at my GF's condo, which has double yellows, I turned left out and a Cop on his Bike chirped his siren and got on his loud speaker and called me a retarded or something and said don't do it again. Makes no sense, but according to her if I want to go left, legally I have to go right and go up a block, turn left at the next street and u turn there. I never do it, but a cop did almost pull me over.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: TangoJuliet
My wife was in an accident on Saturday where a driver was making a left hand turn and smacked into her car.

The other driver wrote in the accident report that she "did not realize there was someone in the other lane" when she pulled out into traffic and hit my wife.

If you copy and paste these coordinates into google maps you will come to the corner where her vehicle came to a stop

40.93113N 73.05295W

Now, if you go back and look the driver was attempting to make a left out of the 7-11 parking lot across those 2 solid yellow lines. Is that legal?

Side note: just got the estimate back from the insurance company and looks like she did $12,000 worth of damage to our car

Yes it's legal. Double yellow lines means you can't pass slower traffic on the left. Law says nothing about merging into traffic from a parking lot. Unless there's a sign posted or a traffic control device obstruction like raised concrete center meridian or something, it should be legal if there's no traffic to yield to.

Also, regarding the two double yellow lines, emergency lanes have two sets of yellow lines and there's no law saying you can't cross them like it's some sort of automagical concrete barrier or something. Edit: I've never seen 4 yellow lines together, so I'm not sure if you're referring to something like that or something like two sets of them separated in the middle by an emergency lane.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Never mind it didn't link properly.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: ducci
You can cross a double yellow line when turning into or out of a driveway or private road or if making a legal U-turn.

In either case, just like in any other turn, it is the driver's responsibility to properly yield and turn only when deemed safe.

This is correct. You can cross a double solid yellow when turning into or out of a parking lot etc...

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: TangoJuliet

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
Sounds like the other driver already admitted fault, why do you care if that particular maneuver was legal?

Well, it was something I would have used as ammo incase the insurance company wanted to place any liability on my wife. The good part is both parties are insured by All State so the deductible was waived.

My wife's car was hit on the rear passenger side door and tire. Taking a quick inspection of the car the rear tire which took a big hit was bent but not sure if the axel is bent as well.

Good job to the other driver... sounds like your wife was nearly past her, bet she had to floor it to make contact

Glad your wife is OK.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: ducci
You can cross a double yellow line when turning into or out of a driveway or private road or if making a legal U-turn.

In either case, just like in any other turn, it is the driver's responsibility to properly yield and turn only when deemed safe.

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[jtvang125]

Whether you can cross the double solid yellow lines or not doesn't matter. When entering a street from a lot you always have to yield until traffic is clear. It's probably safe to say it's 100% the other party's fault.

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: JLee
How else is she going to turn left?

If there are no 'No left turn' signs, I'm going to say it was a legal turn coupled with a(n) (illegal) failure to yield.

Edit: Are we talking about Patchogue Road or the other one?

Agree its legal but that doesn't mean the person making the left isnt at fault

/facepalm

i meant turning itself

not turning when a car is present unless you are saying it is NEVER legal to make that turn (ie no cars present) then I disagree

IE it is legal to make a left turn out of the lot