Cows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoYou'd think white car would be a fan of separated bike lanes...sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1imageYou'd think white car would be a fan of separated bike lanes...sh.itjust.worksCows Look Like Maps@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarecaesaravgvstvs@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoSo people saying the bikes side by side are a dick move are implying that you have more right to the road because you’re driving a car? Generally speaking, to do an overtake, a car needs to leave the lane completely, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s one or two bikes.
minus-squarelorty@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou are assuming drivers respect the safety distance from a lone biker…
minus-squareSpaceScotsman@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt does matter. It’s safer for everyone if cyclists travel side by side in one lane because then the car driver has to spend less time in the oncoming lane to complete the overtake. A long string of bikes takes more time to safely pass.
So people saying the bikes side by side are a dick move are implying that you have more right to the road because you’re driving a car?
Generally speaking, to do an overtake, a car needs to leave the lane completely, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s one or two bikes.
You are assuming drivers respect the safety distance from a lone biker…
It does matter. It’s safer for everyone if cyclists travel side by side in one lane because then the car driver has to spend less time in the oncoming lane to complete the overtake. A long string of bikes takes more time to safely pass.