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[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It because they're bracing themselves with the steering wheel when doing a very exaggerated shoulder check.
My driver training course explicitly brought this up, but presumably not everyone took driver training.

But I don't think that's what they're talking about, I think they mean that little cars who give an enormous berth between their car and obstacles, so they end up taking up as much of the road as a large car would

[–] Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You are correct that's what I mean. Little cars passing parked cars, rubbish on the road, or bicyclists in the bike lane going half way, or more, into the oncoming lane to avoid it.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

It only takes one bike to wobble as you pass or one baby cart coming unexpectedly out behind the obstacle to imprint the need to give wide clearance