Weird Bike Wednesday - Car Sized Bicycle

Is this to ensure safe passing? (photo courtesy of Inhabitat)

For World Carfree Day (September 22) in 2015, a group of cyclists took to the streets of Riga, the capital city of Latvia. To demonstrate how much space cars took up, they attached frames of bamboo poles to their bicycles and cycled around town for a few hours. I'm sure this improved improve cyclist / motorist relations.