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Originally Posted by PCH
Don't double white lines in the centre of the road just mean that you can't go over the lines.
That being said, if I'm right, you can overtake pushbikes provided you don't cross the lines. Same with bikes overtaking bikes.
The safety issue is that it's dangerous to go over the line. I think 
Edit: Quick check reveals alas, that I am right...
Double continuous (unbroken) lines:
These lines are used as dividing lines (centre lines) on roads. YOU must not cross these lines to overtake but you can cross them to turn right at an intersection, ‘U’ turn or enter or leave a road if it is safe to do so; |
I just checked it myself and if you were in Victoria you would be partially correct. You cannot cross double continuous lines for any reason.
That said in a valley like where I live, where the highway follows a river and a lot of it's twists and turns and where double white lines can extend for several KM's I assume it is considered responsible riding for a pair of cyclists to ride 2 abreast and hold up all the traffic on that section of road or do similar on any of the local mountain roads so enjoyed by cyclists at 1 or 2 KM/hr. If you give them a hoot on the horn you are promptly told what to do with yourself yet the lycra brigade wonder why their fluoro lycra is a target.
It may be different where you live but this is every day of the week here in Mt Beauty and the surrounding Kiewa Valley.