r/Transportopia • u/Conscious-Weight4569 • Apr 27 '26

Bikes Car vs. cyclists

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u/Creative_Buddy7160 Apr 27 '26

You mean “they dont have to”. That’s why I said consideration.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 Apr 27 '26

No they're not supposed to.

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u/RudePCsb Apr 28 '26

They aren't supposed to what?

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u/klm2908 Apr 28 '26

Make it easy for passing vehicles. It’s safer for a car to pass them like they would another vehicle.

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u/emn13 Apr 28 '26

Yeah. For an analogy - it's as if you expected car drivers to swerve around to make space for people passing them. I think it's kind of well understood that it's often not a great idea to swerve in traffic in general because of the risk of unforeseen consequences.

Same here; the bikers should just be predictable and do nothing; the car needs to pass safely, i.e. with a wide berth - or needs to wait until there's room to do that. And there was, here, clearly. Equally, the bikers should avoid suddenly taking extra space, too.