This is fast moving from the sublime to the ridiculous.
You have made up some arbitrary distance for cyclists to pass pedestrians based on your personal preference, and are now telling others what we should and shouldn't do like it is some sort of rule? I suggest you bring this up with an official body and see what they think... Unfortunately you are a little late for the DfT/Cycling UK review of the Highway Code, as that consultation closed in October 2020.
You are also suggesting that a cyclist should overtake a pedestrian at greater width than the guidance for a car overtaking a cyclist (
@Techniquest , I've seen what you refer to now - I hadn't seen it specified before), or indeed a car overtaking
another car? Or also, that even on a segregated cycle/footpath, that a cyclist shouldn't overtake a pedestrian even if they remain on their respective sides of the path, given the total path width is unlikely to allow 2m distance?
Indeed, Cycling UK doesn't quote specifically where, but does say some countries only advise 1m distance for a car overtaking a cyclist at speeds of lower than 31mph (
https://www.cyclinguk.org/article/what-should-highway-code-say-about-overtaking-distances). Given the average non-competitive cyclist is unlikely to reach 30mph - and those that are are unlikely to be using the cycle path anyway, but be on the road!), surely you cannot be claiming that a pedestrian is in need of more protection from a cyclist than a cyclist or pedestrian from a car?
I'm quite comfortable with cars passing me (as both a pedestrian and a cyclist) less than 2m away - I'd estimate it happens about 50% of the time before I even reach the end of the road!
I appreciate you may have had some bad experiences in the past, or indeed that you may yourself have a particular sensory di