Xplora wrote:sumgy wrote:.... unless the driver who gets within the metre actually hits the cyclist nothing is going to happen to them.
I understand you're not feeling great about the law right now, but this law will reshape driver culture. It's unusual, and has better potential to be included in driving permit tests etc. If it is relevent to test how far from the kerb you are, it is certainly more relevent to test how dangerous you can be on the road.
It is not so much about how I feel about the law.
It is about the fact that I think that this is absolutely unpoliceable and if there is no change to the resultant penalty, then what is the point?
It is not the passing too close that has any penalty, it is the result should someone be knocked from their bike.
Currently the result is too lenient for the driver and this is what needs to be fixed.
But it is not just the penalties for cars vs cyclists that need overhaul.
We all know that people can get away with far too much these days.
But then again as I said previously I also feel for those drivers who really did just have a lapse of judgement.
The guy who hit me in his 7m long truck did not even know I had collided with the last metre of his truck until he heard my bike scraping along the ground after it got hooked up under his truck.
He then looked in his rear view mirror to see me lying on the road.
The 4 witnesses who attended my injuries (along with the truckie) all stated that they did not even really see me until I rolled past their car windows.
Last night on about 4 seperate occasions while riding home I had motor cycles come past my car while I was stopped at various traffic lights.
On all occasions the first I saw of them was as they rolled past me.
I also question how easily people will judge whether the left side of their car is a metre away from a cyclist whilst they are sitting on the right side of the car driving.