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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!feeder.news-service.com!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!reader02.news.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <4e343cc4$0$2942$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk> From: Nuxx Bar  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: Bexley driver "'severely embarrassed' after attack. Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:17:56 +0100 References:  <998b11F9raU1@mid.individual.net>  <4e334b24$0$2491$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk>   Lines: 33 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 861321a1.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=RFJ^1_>OV3?JI1Mn0goLT?YjZGX^207P;`eF86VmiP7JUOP7 X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 2684 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:848244

On 30/07/2011 16:37, Judith wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:01:27 +0100, "Simon Mason" >  wrote: > >> >> "Nuxx Bar"  wrote in message >> news:4e334b24$0$2491$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk... >>> >> >>> If it's done as a genuine, necessary effort to prevent someone from >>> knocking you off or squashing you then that's one thing. Of course your >>> self-preservation is more important than any vehicle. >> >> >> What is your opinion of this photo, Nuxxy? >> >> http://www.swldxer.co.uk/overtaking.jpg > > > It is an example of how one *can* overtake a cycle; you do however not have to > give that level of room. It is in no way a requirement of the law.

Exactly. And as Simon is always reminding us, the law is the law, and is perfect in conception.

If you really had to leave that much space between you and a cyclist then it would be impossible to overtake cyclists which were two-abreast on a road of that width. So thank goodness it isn't a legal requirement to leave that much room. Otherwise you'd get the likes of Chapman and Doug deliberately cycling two-abreast just to stop all motorists from legally overtaking (and then of course complaining that they were "dangerously close" if they did pass, and then putting the footage on Youtube and giving it to the police, complaining on forums, etc).