[prower]

A digger, a horse, a motorbike, a roman chariot or a cow are all preferable alternatives to cyclists on road, for the simple fact that, with all other means of transport, you get a lot more leeway if something goes awry for whatever reason (e.g. a pothole).

With a bike in front of you, you are always 0.8 seconds away from committing a murder.

Again, I'm 100% in favour of totally abolishing cars in every city, I look forward to that actually. But having bikes and cars together is a glaring design failure and, quite honestly, nothing more than pure insanity.

[gerl1ng]

If you are going to hit a cyclist because the cyclist dodged a pothole then you are not leaving enough safety distance.

In my country you need to pass cyclists with minimum 1.5m distance to the side within city/village (usually 50 kph speed limits) or 2m outside of the city/village.

That minimum distance is there especially for such situations where the cyclist needs to dodge Potholes, Glass, ...

That minimum distance is also required if the cyclist is riding on the shoulder. Some paint on between you and the cyclist doesn't keep anyone of you safe on it's own.

[sneak]

> With a bike in front of you, you are always 0.8 seconds away from committing a murder.

You chose the 800 millisecond value by choosing to follow too closely.

You can make it whatever interval is most convenient for you.