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(a) Often the pavement at the very edge of road is rough, has debris, or is otherwise unsuitable for riding on, and you can't necessarily even see that from you
by cespare 12y ago
(a) Often the pavement at the very edge of road is rough, has debris, or is otherwise unsuitable for riding on, and you can't necessarily even see that from your car. Furthermore, riding at the very edge of the road encourages some drivers to pass when there's not actually room enough to do it safely.
(b) Do you think it's safe to pass a cyclist on a section of road that narrow?
- bryanlarsen 12y ago(c) motorists use the distance from the bicycle to the edge as a gauge for the "safe passing distance". (d) leaving 2+ feet of space to your right gives the cyclist the ability to swerve right if needed.