I've had sort of the opposite problem, if you can call it that. People have been
too nice, waving me through intersections when it's not my turn. Personally, I prefer it when drivers treat me like another driver but I appreciate the thought. Especially when it's as damp and foggy as it is here in January, it's nice to know that they see you at all.
So, I'm trying to remind myself to smile and wave, to be a good cycling ambassador. (That'll probably last until somebody buzzes my ear with a side mirror.
)