Re.: Passing on the left
Well, I am not going to say I know the letter of the law here in Japan. If passing cars on the left with a bike is legal, I am surprised but will concede the point.
Here in Japan I usually avoid the "filtering forward" maneuver because I am riding on the sidewalk, when there is heavy traffic congestion. All I ask is that bicycle riders should also try to see things from a car driver's perspective. Passing a bicyclist isn't always an easy maneuver and having to repeatedly pass the same bicyclist might get on a motorist's nerves.
And I can't ride my bicycle 40 kph!!!!! More like 20 kph!
Well, I am not going to say I know the letter of the law here in Japan. If passing cars on the left with a bike is legal, I am surprised but will concede the point.
Here in Japan I usually avoid the "filtering forward" maneuver because I am riding on the sidewalk, when there is heavy traffic congestion. All I ask is that bicycle riders should also try to see things from a car driver's perspective. Passing a bicyclist isn't always an easy maneuver and having to repeatedly pass the same bicyclist might get on a motorist's nerves.
And I can't ride my bicycle 40 kph!!!!! More like 20 kph!