Originally Posted by
Brian Ratliff
Do like the Amish do. Take the lane only when necessary. Like when going around bends in the road or when there are vehicles ahead. Give room when it is not necessary. That way, yes, you are an obstacle to traffic, on purpose, and you know it... but you are only an obstacle for a few 10's of seconds. This is an important cooperative gesture when on rural, no shoulder, 55mph highways.
A bike is not an obstacle to traffic it is part of traffic. We have to stop apologizing for being in the traffic lane, we are part of traffic, and we are not impeding normal and reasonable movement of traffic if other traffic only has to wait a few seconds to safely get passed us.
The cooperative gesture would be for the motor vehicles to obey the law and pass safely even if they are inconvenienced for a few seconds.