Traffic, roads, passing and all that stuff

dyna-ti · 2023-02-04T04:25:48Z

I know the law says 1.5m, but is it really something to get hot about should they pass close enough you can touch the car. Some folk go off on a road rage rant and personally I think theyre ranting because theyre making a big deal about nothing really. Cars pass each other very close. Is that a problem ? no, trucks or buses pass cars just as close, and is that a problem ?, also no. Maybe theyre just too skittish and if a car passes within touching distance, it hasnt hit you, so why the big palava. Yes yes I know, cars/bikes etc etc get into accidents, but so does everything else. On a cycle track/joint pavement, cyclists pass close to pedestrians. Do the pedestrians go off on one ?. No they dont, but accidents can and do occur, but theres no minimum passing distance. Im not saying there shouldn't be a law, nor am i saying cars etc should be unaware when passing cyclists, but im sick of the number of ranty vids i keep seeing on YT etc showing a car that is nowhere near the cyclist, yet the cyclist is shouting the odds and working themselves up into quite a state.

slowoldman

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and the traffic in town is just too busy for a cyclist to take up the entire road

How exactly does a cyclist do that?

Posted : 04/02/2023 7:26 pm

desperatebicycle

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You could debate the point, or engage in personal attacks.

Seems you’ve chosen the latter.

Sad.

Well done on completely missing the point.

Posted : 04/02/2023 9:24 pm

bikesandboots

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FWIW, I feel quite a bit more comfortable with closeish passes on my MTB than on my gravel bike. Probably as there's no need to avoid potholes and broken tarmac, and that the edge of the road often isn't the edge of where's rideable and I could go. Also in general I think arse drivers' level of arseiness is proportional to how much like a road biker you look vs. just a man/woman on a bike.

Posted : 07/02/2023 1:04 am

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