That's more generous than over here, where the distance is just 1 meter (3
feet). Many drivers don't observe this, so some cyclists have resorted to
using pool noodles:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/btoimage/prism-thumbnails/articles/20180905-pool-noodle-bike.jpg-resize-_opacity_100-frame_bg_color_FFF-gravity_center-q_70-preserve_ratio_true-w_1300_.jpg
>
>Thanks for looking, Chris. There is virtually no traffic on this road.
>From the point at which I took this picture and until I arrived in the
>town of San Vicente, a stretch of about 15 km, I did not meet a single
>car. On the rare occasion when I do meet a car, the drivers around here
>usually obey Spanish law which says that you must give the cyclist 1.5
>meters distance when overtaking.
>
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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>From: Nathan <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Feb 17, 2020 6:33 AM
>To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Trask
><christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Leica Users Group <lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] Nathan's PAD 16/2/2020: Fifty shades of blue
>Nathan Wajsman
>Alicante, Spain
>
>
>http://www.frozenlight.eu
>http://[www.greatpix.eu](http://www.greatpix.eu)
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>
>PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>
>
>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>
>YNWA
>
>
>> On 17 February 2020 at 14:19 Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Not much of a shoulder on that road. How do you manage encounters with
>> vehicles?
>>
>> >
>> >Well, maybe not fifty but at least three. Yesterday’s ride in the
>> >mountains was training for a 205 km brevet I am cycling next weekend,
>> >so the focus was on speed and not on taking breaks to photograph things,
>> >especially during the first 35 km segment which was basically constantly
>> >uphill. But on the way down afterwards (on a different road than the one
>> >on which I ascended), I just had to stop and even move over to the left
>> >lane to take this picture of the subtle shades of blue:
>> >
>> >https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SzhdCP9/A
>> >
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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