Motorists could face £100 fine for driving too close to cyclists

[DaveReading]

I have no idea is there? is it relevant?

You refer to a vehicle stopping for you to pass it. So yes.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

You refer to a vehicle stopping for you to pass it. So yes.

There's always one

 

[DaveReading]

You're right there.

 

[Vantage]

I don't think there's a draft yet, so who knows? Maybe they'll ban narrow cycle lanes too. And give us all guard unicorns.

I want mine to have a pink glittery sparkly horn!

 

[classic33]

You refer to a vehicle stopping for you to pass it. So yes.

On a narrow road. Which would mean that we as cyclists receive equal treatment.

 

[Drago]

How about some laser detection distance sensing car tasers attached to bikes?

 

[swee'pea99]

If anything like this ever got passed it would be relatively easy to enforce (not everywhere, but with a focus on known 'bad' places) using CCTV, just as London eradicated people driving in bus lanes. You offend, you get a £80 fixed penalty thru' the post. Once drivers know, behaviour changes. As ever, the issue is whether the will is there.

 

[DaveReading]

On a narrow road. Which would mean that we as cyclists receive equal treatment.

If a car stops to allow you to pass it on a bike, then not hitting it becomes your responsibility. No different from you passing a parked car.

My point was that you can do that perfectly safely, given the small speed differential compared to that between you and an overtaking car, without needing to leave 1.5 m clearance. It's not rocket science.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

without needing to leave 1.5 m clearance. It's not rocket science.

But still leaving the car driver open to prosecution if they are moving