Originally Posted by
atbman
I must confess that I've always been a little puzzled by this frequently expressed argument. How exactly does it inconvenience a driver to overtake you more than once? Unless he is obliged to wait to get past you because the lane is narrow and the adjacent one is crowded, where is the inconvenience?
Generally, there is no way I could care less about inconveniencing a motorist. In this case, if there is little benefit to me to filter, I don't. My theory about other drivers is that it takes all the effort they can muster to simply drive their car down the road, and thus passing a cyclists raises their stress level. If you watch, a significant number of motorists will do anything in their power to avoid changing lanes. It's pathetic, but if there is only motorized traffic around they can cope.