"before nipping out and overtaking with the narrowest of margins"
That's because we don't need as much space as you do when we overtake. From our perspective, we've got loads of room, but from yours it doesn't look the case because you're used to the space needed for cars, not bikes.

We don't need lances, just steel-capped boots to deal with the body panels of a SMIDSY. :P
(Musuko, Wed 7 May 2008, 13:24, Reply)