It’s good they’re respecting that. We have a similar law in Québec that requires drivers to leave 1,5m when overtaking on a fast road, and 1m in towns and urban environments. It’s unfortunately not very respected.
I can’t find the article back but some police forces bought tools to measure that, but they thought it was too dangerous to send police officers on bikes to use that tool and fine the drivers not respecting the law. They just gave up.
EDIT: Is the police enforcing this in Spain? I’m guessing there are fines?
EDIT: Is the police enforcing this in Spain? I’m guessing there are fines?
I ride mostly on secondary roads where you almost never see police so it’s pretty much impossible for them to actually see someone breaking this law. No idea if they would stop someone passing dangerously close to a cyclist if they saw it. Honestly, I don’t know why most drivers respect this rule. They don’t care that much about other rules.
It’s good they’re respecting that. We have a similar law in Québec that requires drivers to leave 1,5m when overtaking on a fast road, and 1m in towns and urban environments. It’s unfortunately not very respected.
I can’t find the article back but some police forces bought tools to measure that, but they thought it was too dangerous to send police officers on bikes to use that tool and fine the drivers not respecting the law. They just gave up.
EDIT: Is the police enforcing this in Spain? I’m guessing there are fines?
I ride mostly on secondary roads where you almost never see police so it’s pretty much impossible for them to actually see someone breaking this law. No idea if they would stop someone passing dangerously close to a cyclist if they saw it. Honestly, I don’t know why most drivers respect this rule. They don’t care that much about other rules.