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Originally Posted by ElkCanyon
There is nothing in the Highway Traffic Act that says it is an offense to pass on a double or single solid line. The lines are suggestions made up by infrastructure road crews - it could be slightly different from crew to crew. It is however, unlawful to make an unsafe pass - and that's arguable - if visibility is good and one can see farther comparing a pickup to a car say, then a safe pass can be made on a solid line of any kind if there's no oncoming traffic.
Admittedly, those places on our roads are few, but they are there.
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You are not looking deep enough into legislation to see some of the laws. The Traffic Safety Act (HTA is no longer in use) contains regulations that are seperate from the TSA. In this case you would need to look in the "Use of Highway and Rules of the Road Regulation".
Rules for traffic lanes
15(1) When operating a vehicle on a highway,
(a) in the case where double solid lines exist between traffic lanes, a person shall not drive the vehicle so that the vehicle or any portion of the vehicle crosses the double solid lines from one traffic lane to another;
(b) in the case of a highway in an urban area where a single solid line only exists between traffic lanes, a person shall not drive the vehicle so that the vehicle or any portion of the vehicle crosses the single solid line from one traffic lane to another except when overtaking and passing another vehicle;
(c) in the case of a highway outside an urban area where a single solid line only exists between traffic lanes, a person shall not drive the vehicle so that the vehicle or any portion of the vehicle crosses the single solid line from one traffic lane to another;
(d) in the case where a single solid line and a broken line exist together between traffic lanes, a person
(i) shall not, except as permitted under subclause (ii), drive the vehicle so that the vehicle or any portion of the vehicle crosses the solid line from the traffic lane next to which the solid line is located, and
(ii) may only drive the vehicle so as to cross to the left over the broken and solid lines from the traffic lane next to which the broken line is located for the purpose of and when overtaking and passing another vehicle in that traffic lane and shall, as soon as that other vehicle is safely passed, recross both lines and return to the traffic lane on the right in which that person’s vehicle was originally travelling;
(e) in the case where
(i) the roadway consists of only 2 traffic lanes that carry traffic in opposite directions, and
(ii) only one or more broken lines exist between the 2 traffic lanes,
a person may only drive the vehicle so as to cross to the left over the broken line from that person’s traffic lane into the traffic lane carrying the oncoming traffic for the purpose of overtaking and passing another vehicle that is travelling in the right traffic lane and shall as soon as that other vehicle is safely passed return to the traffic lane in which that person’s vehicle was originally travelling;
(f) in the case where
(i) the roadway consists of 2 or more traffic lanes that carry traffic in one direction only, and
(ii) only one or more broken lines exist between the traffic lanes,
a person may, with respect to those traffic lanes, drive the vehicle so as to cross the broken lines from one traffic lane into another traffic lane.