Cars and bikes

The Canberra Times

The police are to get tough on drivers who drive too close to cyclists.  "The police will be out in force trying to detect people doing the wrong thing such as overtaking a cyclist too close," Acting Sergeant Andrew McKellar says.

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00:00 Police will be out in force, our road policing officers are trying to detect people doing

00:04 the wrong thing such as overtaking a cyclist too close or rather traffic offences.

00:09 When travelling at a speed of less than 60km/h and passing a cyclist they have to leave a

00:13 minimum of 1 metre distance.

00:15 When travelling at a speed above 60km/h they must leave a minimum distance of 1.5 metres

00:19 between their vehicle and the cyclist.

00:22 If a car passes a cyclist too close or accidentally hits a cyclist, the cyclist is always going

00:27 to be worse off.

00:28 The same with a car hitting a pedestrian or someone on a scooter.

00:32 So we have this ongoing issue of these interactions.

00:35 It's particularly an issue for people on bikes because people on bikes ride on roads quite

00:40 frequently, we have on-road cycle lanes and there's issues with people passing too closely

00:46 or issues with people getting hit which we get stories about this all the time and it

00:51 can fundamentally change people's lives.

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