While you are driving a bus on a road outside built-up areas, a group of cyclists begins a maneuver to overtake it. What minimum safe lateral distance are the cyclists required to keep from the bus?

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When the driver of a two-wheeled vehicle, such as a bicycle, intends to overtake any other vehicle outside built-up areas, they must do so in such a way that a space of no less than 1.50 meters remains between them and the most protruding parts of the vehicle being overtaken (General Traffic Regulations, Article 85(5)). The rule sets a specific minimum measurement, so neither a margin proportional to speed and roadway width, a rule that no longer appears in Article 85, nor a subjective criterion such as avoiding the effect of the air produced by the bus is valid.

While you are driving a bus on a road outside built-up areas, a group of cyclists begins a maneuver to overtake it. What minimum safe lateral distance are the cyclists required to keep from the bus?

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