Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
Originally Posted by JeffA
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I have repeatedly said I am empathetic and cooperative enough to move over. But that becomes "clueless bike rider swerving around" to those that need to be aggrieved. That's you, by the way.

It has nothing to do with being aggrieved.
It's simply making a fair assessment of possible road hazards ahead.

Bike swerving in and out of lane vs bike consistently riding fog line.

Pretty simple.

There's no swerving involved. There's a purposeful gravitation to the right, accompanied by a look over the shoulder, and sometimes a wave around. Hell, when I am driving a 2 lane road and someone comes up behind me, I'll move as far right as I can. That allows the motorist to see around me and if they are thinking, it lets them know that I know they are there and working with them. I get your point about motorists not generally being smart enough to pick up on cues.

So you're saying a kid on a bike or a older person on a bike or a impaired person on a bike that can't maintain consistent lane position or direction of travel looks completely different than Paul on a bike.