I agree with what you are saying. But that is the same situation for cars too. And they just need to follow traffic laws. If you are in a no passing zone dont do it. You put others at risk when you do so. If a car coming the other way comes around the corner or over the hill and see a bike, car, or whatever in their…

Yeah, cannot feel bad. Do Not Pass means just that. The lines were not blurred. Plus it seems everyone was going at a pretty good speed. Not like they were just annoyingly creeping along.

Utter nonsense. He didn’t need to do anything to get away from a “dangerous situation.” He got impatient behind a slow car and broke the law. He passed in a no passing area with clear double yellow lines, and passed very close to a car that by all rights should not be expecting him to pass. It’s completely fathomable…

a) You probably don’t ride. Believe me, there are plenty of places that are unsafe for a car to pass where it’s no problem for a bike (either due to the bike being able to do the pass or simply because of things like better sightlines due to lane positioning etc). So it comes down to The Law vs. common sense, being…