Originally Posted by sbhikes

I merely suggest that there are situations where getting the heck out of the way is not a submissive, second-class citizen, inferiority complex, but rather a rational response to irrarional motorist behavior.

My position is also that some roads are clearly not designed in a way that a reasonable cyclist can safely and/or easily travel, and in those cases, bike facilities can facilitate easier/safer movement of bicycles a lot easier than "attitude", "steely gazes" (from behind my shades, no less) and fitness (which I've got plenty of, minus the speed.)