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Re:Is It O.K. To Kill Cyclists? by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @06:44PM (#8299702)
> If you do the first grade math on a bike width, car width, minimum distance the car has to keep while passing and the distance the bike needs from the curb or parked cars, no, you can not share the lane.

Legally, you can; the width of cars and bikes are actual facts, of course, but I don't think you'll find a fixed-in-law minimum distance for most of those things in the California Vehicle Code.

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Re:Is It O.K. To Kill Cyclists? by jfmiller28 on Thursday September 11, 2014 @03:04AM (#8301239)
Starting Tuesday, there is. California's "Give me three" law goes into effect. However in a standard 13' wide lane a passenger car and a bike not forced off the right curb by parked cars or trash in the road can pass without the car needing to leave the lane. Happens all the time, no problems.
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