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  • #1044244
    Vicegrip
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    Would make a good jersey.

    #1044268
    ShawnoftheDread
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    Selfish should be changed to murderous.

    #1044339
    OneEighth
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    Yeah, but how much room does the presumptive rider leave when passing while riding?

    #1044391
    bobco85
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    On the lighter side, I like the image as it focuses on the space drivers give when passing. Adding a detail like “legal/illegal” would be a minor improvement to really communicate the idea.

    Looking deeper, the first thing I think of when I see this is that the cyclist should be riding in the lane, not on the line. I’d also point out that in the bottom image, the driver is overcompensating the distance because they might not understand the dimensions of their vehicle. IME I’ve always felt weird when someone passes with an extreme amount of distance because it makes me wonder if the driver is not confident, skilled, or possibly even sober.

    #1044395
    lordofthemark
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    Lanes that are less than 2 meters wide. Has someone told the Alexandria Complete Streets program about that?

    #1044403
    scoot
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    @lordofthemark 131380 wrote:

    Lanes that are less than 2 meters wide. Has someone told the Alexandria Complete Streets program about that?

    I think the plus signs mean ‘in addition to the distance from the previous pic’.

    #1044422
    mstone
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    @bobco85 131376 wrote:

    I’d also point out that in the bottom image, the driver is overcompensating the distance because they might not understand the dimensions of their vehicle. IME I’ve always felt weird when someone passes with an extreme amount of distance because it makes me wonder if the driver is not confident, skilled, or possibly even sober.

    Yeah, I’m a cyclist, I drive, and I don’t hug the curb on the wrong side of the road to pass. That’s less “also a bicycle rider” than it is “WTF‽”.

    #1044423
    mstone
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    @scoot 131388 wrote:

    I think the plus signs mean ‘in addition to the distance from the previous pic’.

    I think the + signs mean >. The reasonably sized lane is a european thing, like the ‘m’.

    #1044455
    OneEighth
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    Which begs the question—are the rider and car seen from the front or the rear? Dickie?

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