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Originally Posted by Lee of Red
So when you are stopped the bike is the faster vehicle so naturally you must give way to it.
It is allowed for vehicles to pass slower or stopped vehicles.
Cyclists are entitled to safely pass stopped or slow moving cars like any other vehicle. Passing to the front of a queue of stopped traffic is perfectly safe and legal.
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It is illegal to pass a vehicle in the same lane of travel. I originally said it was aillegal to pass on the right, but it is actually not that clear cut. It is dangerous to pass on the right but legality seems a little grey.
So, unless a cyclist has a completely open lane on the left to pass the line of traffic, then what you are saying is not correct.
BTW, I am an avid cyclist, and I have been known to pass on the right and I do make my way to the front of a line of stopped traffic by passing on the right, I am just saying it's not technically legal. Having said that, it's also technically not legal for cars to pass me when I'm riding down Fairmount drive as it doesn't have two driving lanes, despite being wide enough for two, but I don't complain about that and as I driver, I don't complain abut cyclists passing me while I'm waiting at a light.