Originally Posted by
John Forester
That is correct, but it is irrelevant. The quotation you made referred to the time of day at which the opposing traffic cleared. I think that nobody is arguing that the cyclist's lateral position changes the time of day at which the opposing traffic arrives and clears. If the sentence you quoted is relevant to this discussion, it would be relevant only if you were making the above argument.
First you said you wrote distance, and not time. Now you're changing your story and pretending that the word "time" was in context of the time of day. Here is the quote again.
Originally Posted by
John Forester
Assuming that the road is insufficiently wide for such overtaking, a motorist wishing to overtake a cyclist must wait until the opposite-direction lane is clear of traffic for a sufficient distance for the overtaking movement to be made safely. He has to wait for the same length of time whether he intends to make a straddle overtaking or a full lane overtaking; both require that the opposite-direction lane be clear of traffic for a sufficient distance.
There is no mention or context of the time of day. Two things are manifestly clear: 1) you are talking about length of time for a pass; 2) when challenged, you have twice lied about what you said.