But I've also noticed that drivers here can be nice to a fault. When I come to an intersection in town, I often have to completely dismount and stand beside my bicycle to show that I want the vehicle, who has the right of way, to go like it is supposed to. Otherwise, the vehicles here will stop and wave me to go when I don't have the right of way!! I'm having a bit of trouble getting used to that. I'm much more used to fighting for my rights and a tiny bit of road on which to ride.
I get that here on a certain stretch of road. I don't think it's because the people are being nice, but rather because they're so accustomed to bad cyclists blowing stop signs. It's a very popular road to ride around here and I often see terrible behavior from the other riders which seems to give the drivers here the impression that all of us run stop signs, red lights, and the like. I have to wave people across the road when they clearly have the right of way.