It was quite the eye-opener to go cycling in Holland. Country roads are barely wide enough for two cars to carefully pass each other. The road is painted with two stripes: bike lane, car lane, bike lane.
Thus, a car overtaking a cyclist crosses the far bike lane to pass the cyclist. Two cars approaching each other have to navigate behind the cyclists to pass each other, and then can go back to driving down the center of the road.
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Date: 2010-05-09 03:00 am (UTC)It was quite the eye-opener to go cycling in Holland. Country roads are barely wide enough for two cars to carefully pass each other. The road is painted with two stripes: bike lane, car lane, bike lane.
Thus, a car overtaking a cyclist crosses the far bike lane to pass the cyclist. Two cars approaching each other have to navigate behind the cyclists to pass each other, and then can go back to driving down the center of the road.
Rather novel usage for a narrow street. :)