There is no maximum required clearance
You must give the cyclist 3 ft of clearance between your car and the bicycle.
Allow three feet of clearance when passing a cyclist. Reduce your speed if the roadway is narrow.
Assuming the question is about sharing the "lane" and not the "line". To share the "lane", the correct procedure for a motorist is to follow behind the cyclist at a safe distance until such time that it is safe to pass. It's the same as following a slow moving motorist. The cyclist has as much rights of use on the road as the motorist. Honking, road rage, and bullying (i.e. following too close or aggressively intimidating the cyclist) are not only dangerous for both parties, they're just realllly stupid on the motorist's part.
17$ for a motorist 42.50$ for a 2 axle mobile and 10 bucks for a cyclist
When signaled by a Police Officer or as required for passing emergency vehicles.
Actually, a cyclist is. The chemical energy from the food that the cyclist ate is being changed into the kinetic energy on the bicycle. Even if the cyclist is traveling at a constant speed, there is some degree of resistance that must be overcome in order to maintain the constant speed.
The cyclist should have been being more careful, along with the motorist. -- ANSWER -- Probably yours. If the cyclist was coming from behind and the bicycle didn't hit the back of the car then it would not have hit the door if it had stayed shut. If the cyclist was coming from the front, and didn't hit the front of the car then it would not have hit the door, if it had not been opened. (I'm a cyclist, and I'm presuming that the cyclist was capable of maintaining a generally straight line.) If the cyclist had to swerve out of his path to avoid another person or vehicle and hit you, then it might have been either the cyclist, or the other person/vehicle, which was at fault. If, however, you just didn't check for oncoming traffic, then it is totally your fault. You say "you crack your door open" - just how far open was it?
If you and your vehicle are in an accident, be sure to exchange phone numbers and addresses, as well as insurance, with the other party involved in the accident. Also, be sure that the police are notified of the accident.
The Cyclist was created in 1987.
The correct spelling of the plural of cyclist is cyclists.
The cyclist from France stayed a few bicycles links behind the leader.
The problem is that your light would go out if you were not moving. Batteries allow the light to remain on even when you are not moving and turning the dynamo.