Originally Posted by
parkbrav
As I have said before, if there are two bicycles both heading north, the car knows to swerve to the left to give three feet to the bicycles. If there are two bicycles, one heading north, one heading south, and the motorist is heading south, which way should the motorist swerve to steer clear of the bicycles? If they don't swerve, they risk hitting a bicycle. If they do swerve, they risk hitting the other bicycle. If they merge to the middle, they risk hitting an on-coming car.
At the very least the motorist will have to stop and think, which causes delay, which could lead to an accident
I don't understand why the motorist needs to do much of anything in response to either cyclist. If it is, as you stated, a 'very wide street' and you're riding on the side of the road there should be room for the driver to pass without any swerving. As for the cyclist going the other way on the other side of the street with a full lane between him and the driver, I'm missing where the confusion could arise.