Originally Posted by
BianchiDave
Two days ago my wife and I decided to take our boys to the pool for some fun. As we got to the pool our little 2 year old fell asleep in the car seat so rather than waking him up my wife took our 5 year old into the pool and I got to drive around for awhile. As I was driving around on some side streets I came up behind a cyclist who was riding the same direction I was going. He was riding pretty much down the middle of the street (which I do when there are no vehicles in the area.) As I came up to him (I say about 50 yards) I noticed he looked back (and had too of seen me) and rather than moving over to the right side of the road he sat up straight and continued to ride the same path he was already going (middle of the street) only this time he took his hands of his handlebars and stated to ride with his hands on his hips. Stunned I thought to myself “oh maybe he didn’t see me” so as I got closer knowing I did not want to pass him while he was riding like that (it was not a straight line) I slightly tooted my horn. He looked over his shoulder (this time defiantly seeing me) and resumed with the way he was riding.
For me I was not in a hurry so I just followed but regardless if one is in a hurry or not what do you think a non cyclist would have done in this same situation?
I strongly believe there are many cyclists out there that confuse the point of being a positive advocate to this issue.
If the travel lane was wide enough to safely share side by side (14' +) you have a point otherwise in order to pass you have to use the adjacent travel lane and for safe passing, it makes little difference if you have to use some or all of the adjacent lane so the cyclists position is irrelevant.