This is one of the nice things about moving to France. You can ride your bike on a narrow road without a shoulder where cars routinely pass you going 70mph, an

This is one of the nice things about moving to France. You can ride your bike on a narrow road without a shoulder where cars routinely pass you going 70mph, and never really worry about being taken out. Bikes are things that are found on roads here, so cars just go around them. Usually all the way over in the far lane. I've never had a car come closer than 2m when passing me on the road. No surprise, since they have signs posted every few miles reminding drivers that that's the minimum legal amount of space that you need to give a bicycle.