Jesse<p>I went out to Flemington Rd with a tape measure last night to measure the bike lane.<br>Bike lane: 132cm<br>Traffic lane: 265cm</p><p>My bicycle handlebars: 66cm<br>A Ford Ranger: 196cm</p><p>132 + 265 - 66 - 196 = 135cm</p><p>From this we can see that it is *physically* possible for a Ford Ranger to over take my bicycle in the bike lane while giving a 1m gap if my handlebars are within 35cm of the parked cars and the Ford Ranger is within 35cm from the car beside it.</p><p>As a cyclist I'd be very concerned about riding 35cm away from a parked car, dooring is impossible to avoid at that distance and has a significantly larger sideways force (pushing you into the traffic lanes).</p><p>I think I'd also be really concerned about driving 35cm away from another car traveling at 60km/h.<br>It would also be hard to communicate to the driver of the car in the next lane to move over further when you move to legally overtake a cyclist.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicycles</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/melbourne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melbourne</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FlemingtonRd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlemingtonRd</span></a></p>