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Old 06-22-2013, 01:29 PM   #12
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Problem with that idea is that people drive @ least half way in the opposite on coming traffic lane totally over compensating...and two cars both driving around 40 mph in a head on collision has the force of IMPACT as one car doing 80 MPH into a bridge wall....
Not really, if you follow the law you simply have to wait to cross the double yellow line until there's no oncoming traffic. If the cyclist is obeying the law they're riding as far to the right as is practical given the conditions, it's not hard to get around unless the road surface is very poor or gravel washout pushes a bike to the left.

In heavy traffic this certainly could cause a backup of cars, but such is life. Nobody has any more right to the road than anyone else.

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