View Poll Results: What's your minimum comfortable passing clearance?
A full lane
1
2.38%
A half lane
5
11.90%
A few feet
25
59.52%
A foot
4
9.52%
If they don't clip me, I'm happy
7
16.67%
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What's your minimum amount of comfortable passing clearance?
05-28-10 | 04:37 PM
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Oregon law states:
"The driver of a motor vehicle may only pass a person operating a bicycle by driving to the left of the bicycle at a safe distance and returning to the lane of travel once the motor vehicle is safely clear of the overtaken bicycle. For the purposes of this paragraph, a 'safe distance' means a distance that is sufficient to prevent contact with the person operating the bicycle if the person were to fall into the driver’s lane of traffic."
So, about 5-6 feet for most cyclists. Do you want to guess how often this law is obeyed and how often it is enforced? It also doesn't apply if the cyclist is in a bike lane. If the cyclist is in a bike lane, you can buzz them as closely as you like.
"The driver of a motor vehicle may only pass a person operating a bicycle by driving to the left of the bicycle at a safe distance and returning to the lane of travel once the motor vehicle is safely clear of the overtaken bicycle. For the purposes of this paragraph, a 'safe distance' means a distance that is sufficient to prevent contact with the person operating the bicycle if the person were to fall into the driver’s lane of traffic."
So, about 5-6 feet for most cyclists. Do you want to guess how often this law is obeyed and how often it is enforced? It also doesn't apply if the cyclist is in a bike lane. If the cyclist is in a bike lane, you can buzz them as closely as you like.
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