Originally Posted by Bekologist
WHY, pray tell, do you think drivers don't notice cyclists in other lanes? did you read that nonsense in bike forums? If you increase your conspicuity using visual ques, the drivers will notice you.
give you safe room on high speed roads is another matter. Some drivers will always think you'll "Belong on the sidewalk" I got one of those chants out the window today, as i slowed a car down for about a hundred yards, when there wasn't even a sidewalk to ride on, just the narrow lane.
It is more notice in the sense of notice, and behave acordingly, my example being that cars often fail to take cyclists into account when turning across a bike lane. When riding allong high speed roads I tend to feel that they may notice me, but not otherwise alter their driving in order to give me a safe amount of space