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What is the minimum clearance Maine requires when a motor vehicle passes a bicyclist?
Blue A travels beside cyclist B with lateral space between them. The question has no measurement bracket or clearance value.
Correct answer: 3 feet
Why
Leave at least three feet when overtaking a bicycle or roller skier. Wait until you can pass with that clearance safely. Maine permits a qualifying pass in a no-passing zone only when it is safe; this does not allow crowding the rider or interfering with oncoming traffic. Give additional room where conditions warrant.
Verified against Maine Driver License Manual and Motorist Handbook · Passing bicyclists · p. 68, 102
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