http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: car - Recent Topics en Sat, 02 May 2026 00:39:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=5923#post-63303 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:13:14 +0000 spytfire 63303@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was out for a drive last night (no I was not topping up my tank)<br /> As I drove and was passing cyclists I had a good hard think.<br /> <strong>Is there an easy way to tell how much room I have in the lane to know how far out I can be?</strong><br /> Then the thought struck me - the white line in the road is where I want to be keeping my driver side wing mirror within. If I know where my mirror is in relation to the white lines I will know the line to take to leave as much space <em>at all times</em> so I lined the car up on a parking space white line (nice and long, no moving traffic. Noted where the line was along the bottom of the windscreen and looked out the window, repositioned car until I found the sweet spot (somewhere halfway between the edge of the wiper and the corner of the screen)<br /> Now this will work for any driver in any car (obviously taking into account driver/seat height/position and different srivers in the same car) and could be easily marked on the screen with a tiny bit of tape (maybe one colour for each driver's setup)</p> <p>Once drivers know this position on the road they can leave as much space as possible for cyclists when passing them or being passed when cyclist filtering </p>