Here in New Zealand it's 1.5 meters (almost 5ft), have had that enacted for 20+ years. There are cyclist deaths every year or so, but it's usually a drunk drive

Here in New Zealand it's 1.5 meters (almost 5ft), have had that enacted for 20+ years. There are cyclist deaths every year or so, but it's usually a drunk driver or someone road raging, in the past 10 years the only time someone has killed a cyclist to the best of my knowledge by not leaving enough room is when I truck was going around a corner and the cyclist was too, he thought the cyclist was going to stop but ended up running over him. :\ Poor bastard.