In fact, they were actually steering towards each other - narrowing, rather than widening, the passing distance.

Evidence shows that bright material on the sleeves can prompt drivers to give more passing distance .

Think about how the accepted passing distances of deepsea navigation are thrown out of the window in the English Channel.

An hour after the warning, Colonel Duffy used the thrusters to slow the shuttle by four feet per second, enough to widen the passing distance between the two spacecraft to six miles.

If they can get past the Hawks again, the Nets will be in passing distance of sixth-place Miami, who they play when they return to the Meadowlands on Wednesday night.

One study by Walker in England found that 2500 vehicles passed a helmeted cyclist with measurably less clearance (8.5 cm) than that given to the same cyclist unhelmeted (out of an average total passing distance of 1.2 to 1.3 metres).

The original inquiry established that in the critical minutes before the collision, Andrea Doria gradually steered to port, attempting a starboard-to-starboard passing, while Stockholm turned about 20 degrees to its starboard, an action intended to widen the passing distance of a port-to-port passing.