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Right of way (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by salty_chief@lemmy.world to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

Agreed.

Local laws say I should be within 3' (1 meter) of the roadway, and cars need to give me 3` (1 meter) of space, which is about half a lane, meaning cars can't fit next to cyclists. Me being in the middle of the lane just encourages other cars to follow the law, and I'll do that if there's not enough space for cars to pass to discourage them from cutting into my safety space.

If there's enough space on the edge of the roadway, I'll absolutely avoid the main lane, but there needs to be:

at least 6'/2m of space
no cars
no upcoming turns that cars could cut me off at

If even one of those isn't true, I'll take as much of the right-most lane as I can to stay safe.