It totally amazes me how many people pay no attention to the solid lines on the road. I live at the bottom of a hill with a solid line on the road. Still I cannot trust that the car behind me won't try to pass even when I have my turn signal on to go in my drive or when I am stopped in order to go in. It is not safe and can' t get any response from the mounties. Twice this evening I was passed at either end of our road by tourists on a solid line. but it is not just tourists it is mostly locals. just STUPID PEOPLE LOOKING TO KILL SOMEBODY.

I completely understand you!!! My parents live on #2 hwy and it is very busy. Even though there is a solid double line where their driveway is I have gotten to the point where I will pull over and let the traffic go by. When coming from Summerside direction you have to turn left into their drive way. Twice this Summer I have almost gotten smashed into by some fool starting to pass as I have been going to pull into their driveway! The broken line doesn't start for another 100+ feet but the fact that it is a straight road they just motor!

Earlier this summer we were driving on a side road that goes to Mount Stewart. We were going the speed limit and a truck was on our bumper but it was in a no passing zone and we were going up a hill. So, idiot that he was, he pulls out and sure enough a car was fast approaching us going down the hill. We heard the squeal of brakes behind us and Thank God he was able to get behind our car again, just in the nick of time.

Why do people think they need to pass anything that moves in front of them and pay no attention to no passing zones.

Just to understand your situation.....at the bottom of that hill, are you on the left or right side of the road?.....when someone tries to pass you, are you turning into them or away from them?

The only lines that are law, are the white ones. The yellow ones are simple a guide line

But there are fines associated to the yellow lines!

Passing on a solid line.

And this is why islanders are such bad drivers.

I'm not sure what the basis of this statement is.

From the Highway Traffic Act, section 159 defines quite clearly the rules of crossing solid lines. Unless you are doing something outlined as an exception, crossing a solid line is always an offence under the Act.

The fact that people regularly cross solid lines like it's not big deal is saddening (as a bicycle commuter I can tell some stories!)

One thing that confuses me is the rampant misunderstanding of double lines - IE: they think its more of an offense to pass on a double line than a single one. This is not the case: except as provided in the Act, crossing a solid line (either side of teh road, any colour) is an offense. A double solid line in the centre of the road simply indicates that there is a solid line for each direction.

well that was my laugh for the day...

I once thought that back when I was young and foolish ... I got a nice big ticket as a souvenir of my lack of knowledge on that subject

And even some people who understand that a solid line means no passing don't understand that it also means no lane changing on a multi-lane roadway (like the Bypass). An extension of that is that solid and dashed lines also define where, during a merge, you are allowed (and not allowed) to join the line of traffic.

Are you saying it's illegal to switch lanes on the bypass?

It is when there is a solid line between lanes (in each travel direction). Most of the bypass has the dashed lines but there are sections with solid lines. (And the entire bypass has the solid lines to separate the eastbound 2 lanes from the westbound two lanes.)

The by-pass and merge lane changing is one of my pet peeves too. I always wait until the solid line turns to dashes to move into the lane I want. Other people are going directly into the other lane. Bugs me every time. Also, people who turn down one way streets and go into the far lane. I was always taught you turn into the lane closest to you and signal and move into the lane you want when safe. Another pet peeve. The topper for me this week was watching one of those sports bikes pass a vehicle with 2 cars coming at him, zip back into the lane and then pass the truck in front of him on the inside. I couldn't believe it!! There were at least 6 other vehicle witnesses. Not sure why people risk their lives and others with this kind of stupidity.

This!!

Last week I was in the right lane turning left off of University Ave onto Capital Drive (there are 2 turning lanes) and the guy beside me in the left turning lane switched over to my lane about 3/4 through the intersection, running me onto the sidewalk! Even worse, it was a taxi.

I grew up in Ontario, and just before moving here I was becoming of age to start the graduated licensing. What I said is true in Ontario. But maybe it's different here. I come from a land of strange things. Like Sunday shopping, Stores open 24/7, no departure from province fee.

PS, that is a joke. I love it here. How bout them foreign drivers?

Many times something makes me "wtf" on streets it is taxi. Cutting the corner to the right from traffic lights or doing U-turn, or just standing in the middle of a street. Few days ago I got enraged when there was cab at parking spot for disabled in from of Oak Tree liqueur store. I walked out and was really close to loosing control when he would not move. He tried to explain that he has a customer or whatever. I did not care, he had no permit.

So that OPP officer that gave me the ticket for passing on a solid yellow line didn't know the Ontario laws he was enforcing?

A couple or 3 hours before you posted that I was making my left turn (on a left-turn only advance) and a Coop Taxi van coming from the opposite direction made his right turn - not only is it illegal to turn right on a left arrow, but instead of making the lane on the right, as he should when he's allowed to go, but he kept coming right over into my lane trying to shove me off the road. I was in a hurry so I didn't play chicken with him - I stopped and let him go ahead. I wonder why he was shaking his head...

On average - of the drivers I've seen - Quebec drivers are the best. When I was in Montreal I saw the kind of traffic they deal with and I know the collision rate is a fraction of ours.

Not here to argue, I'm fairly certain if you googled enough you can dig it up. I think a cop can write a ticket for anything to be honest