Actually, because the bike lane has a dotted line as a border AND a bike logo in it (repeated every 250m or something), vehicles MAY cross said line (for passing or overtaking) but a bicycle has right of way in that lane.
This way you can make a 2 lane road a 4 lane road for slow traffic.
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Actually, because the bike lane has a dotted line as a border AND a bike logo in it (repeated every 250m or something), vehicles MAY cross said line (for passing or overtaking) but a bicycle has right of way in that lane.
This way you can make a 2 lane road a 4 lane road for slow traffic.