Originally Posted by
Stealthammer
Amazingly however, it is usually other cyclist who give me a hard time over my extending courtesy to the cars drivers. I have even had other cyclist caution me not to do this because "then the drivers are going to expect every cyclist to yield to them". Maybe before we try to get other motorist to respect us, we should try to get other cyclists to respect those of us that comply with the law and treat each other with respect.....
What cyclist who ignore the law do reflect on us all, regardless of whether we obey the laws or not.
I see, so those cyclists who believe you are encouraging bad driver behavior by not exercising your rights are wrong, and are wrong to tell you that, but you are right when you say
they are wrong to ride the way they believe is the most safe? Don't you find that just a wee bit hypocritical?
By the way, most experienced riders consider exiting and then reentering the flow of traffic to be inherently unsafe.