You have raised a very important point about bent riding.
Yes they comfortable,fast and fun.But when mixed with the public they can have bad effects.
I know i love riding my recumbent,but every time i ride it i get the usuall problems.
This then leads to a real hatred of human nature.
Unfortunatly i suppose evet minority has had to put up with the negative side of human nature at some time.
I get really pissed off .If i was Dave Beckham and rode a recumbent you could bent your life that recumbent sales would go sky high.
Then again if Dave Beckham started eating dog turds the masses would follow
thinking it was the in thing to do.
SEE WHAT I MEAN.If you ride a recumbent get ready to find out the true nature
of the human beast.