If you read that Safety Brochure for Law Enforcement that I posted, it states that the rider should be two feet from the edge of the roadway, and a passing vehicle needs to be three feet horizontally away from the bike, so for a car to pass a bike safely without crossing into the oncoming lane, the lane must be at least 14 feet wide. I _know_ people pass me all the time closer than three feet. And I definitely ride closer than two feet from the edge of the roadway, a lot of the time it's like 6", if I'm trying to stay out of the way...

Oh, and I found out it's ok to pass a bike in a no passing zone, if there is no oncoming traffic. In Florida. I didn't know that.

It should somehow be made public knowledge about how much room a bike needs- because I'm sure Walmart Shopper had no idea she needed to give the bike a three foot space, and if she _had_ thought about that, she wouldn't have dinged him with her mirror.

Nanci