'Burry's Gap' won't work - official
2013-01-12 20:23
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Johannesburg - The proposed 1.5m safe passing gap for
cyclists on roads may be difficult to maintain and enforce, according to a
report on Saturday.
eThekwini's deputy head of road system management Carlos
Esteves said the 1.5m gap would not be practical as the standard lanes were
around 3.5m or slightly less, the Saturday Star reported.
"My sense is that it will be difficult if not
impractical to enforce 1.5m," Esteves said.
"You can't achieve a cyclist, plus 1.5m and a motorist
without encroaching on the other lane."
Burry's Gap
Cyclists across South Africa have been calling for the
measure and started calling it the Burry's Gap after the death of mountain bike
ace Burry Stander on January 3.
Stander was killed in Shelley Beach on the KwaZulu-Natal South
Coast in a collision with a minibus taxi.
Automobile Association public affairs head Gary Ronald said
the gap was at a national discussion level and forms part of last year's
amendments to the Traffic Act,
"Where the road is wide enough, it will work, but we
have quite a few roads where it is narrow and difficult to apply without cars
going into the oncoming traffic."
- SAPA
