Originally Posted by
howsteepisit
One and a half feet doesn't bother me as long as there is no erratic driving involved.
+1. Standard operating procedure around here. Just don't hit me and it's all good. Although I do wonder about the skill level of many motorists and how they can be so sure they will miss me down to one foot distance. A professional race car driver maybe. Mom in a mini van...not so sure. But if I don't like it I can stop cycling all together - the only real solution.
Also...how can they be so sure I can hold my line down to a foot either way? I would never pass a cyclist, even a slow one, with less than 5 feet - even on my own bike. In a car I try to change lanes. It's just not that much trouble.
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