On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 12:15:17 +0000, 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.

The pushbike rider is not required to give any sort of gap whether the
vehicle is moving or not.

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.

It isn't 1.5m anything to anything 1.5m is not in the Highway Code at
all and even the CTC or whatever they call themselves this week oppose
a mandatory passing distance.