On Thursday, December 27, 2018 at 12:15:19 PM UTC, TMS320 wrote:
On 27/12/2018 10:37, wrote:
QUOTE: Overtaking cyclists.

"Drivers need to leave enough space for cyclists when they overtake
them or face a £100 fine. The Highway Code states there should be 4ft
11in (1.5 metres) between the car and cyclist - around the width of a
car door."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...know-2019.html



The miserable faction will no doubt be up in arms about why they should
give 1.5m when overtaking a *moving* cyclist but the cyclist is not
required to give the same gap when overtaking their *stationary* vehicle.

Besides, almost everybody (vocal cyclists included) will fail to notice
that it is 1.5m wheel to wheel, not mirror to elbow. A strange omission
by whatever government organistion put this forward.

I think relative speed is the issue.
I remember cycling with a friend from her flat in Kensal Green across the city to Greenwich.
Crossing Tower Bridge we were shoulder to mirror with subsidised vehicles but it did not feel dangerous.