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0 pointscameldrv4y ago0 comments

On a 45mph road though that's a closing speed of 90mph assuming everyone's following the speed limit. It seems crazy to me to have opposing traffic sharing a lane at those speeds.

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adgjlsfhk14y ago· 1 in thread

the roads this is meant for are mostly empty, so you have a long time to see someone coming.

cameldrvOP4y ago

Fair enough but you could say the same for the cyclists. Ultimately having traffic sharing a lane with high relative speeds is dangerous. It's dangerous for the cyclist at 15mph having a car come from behind going 45mph, and it's dangerous for the car having a car driving at them at 45mph. Both a 90mph collision between two cars and a 30mph collision between a car and a bike are likely to be fatal.

samatman4y ago

Opposing traffic is already sharing a lane at those speeds, that's what the double-white is about.

They aren't that wide and there's not a lot of traffic, the safe thing to do is in fact to stay toward the center and yield to the sides when opposing traffic is coming. This isn't that different.

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