mondoman712@lemmy.ml to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomost reasonable driver in Nottinghamshireb.l3n.coimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months ago1.5m to overtake one cyclist brings you only partially onto the otherside of the road. 1.5m to overtake two cyclists astride brings you fully onto the otherside of the road
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOkay, so you only partially hit the oncoming car. Great.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agodepends how deliberately badly you’re both driving I suppose
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago??? You expect the other driver to drive on the fucking shoulder because you can’t wait literally half a second to pass a cyclist??
minus-squarejerkface@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOkay, so walk me through this. This is what I got. Guy: You have to wait just as long to pass one cyclist as two abreast. You: I only take up half a lane to pass a lone cyclist. Me: So you have to wait until the lane is clear. You: No, I am a good driver. Me: WTF?!
minus-squaremondoman712@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoexactly, either way you need to make sure there isn’t any oncoming traffic.
1.5m to overtake one cyclist brings you only partially onto the otherside of the road.
1.5m to overtake two cyclists astride brings you fully onto the otherside of the road
Okay, so you only partially hit the oncoming car. Great.
depends how deliberately badly you’re both driving I suppose
??? You expect the other driver to drive on the fucking shoulder because you can’t wait literally half a second to pass a cyclist??
Okay, so walk me through this. This is what I got.
Guy: You have to wait just as long to pass one cyclist as two abreast.
You: I only take up half a lane to pass a lone cyclist.
Me: So you have to wait until the lane is clear.
You: No, I am a good driver.
Me: WTF?!
exactly, either way you need to make sure there isn’t any oncoming traffic.