the reasonable person standard that pervades road positioning laws as well as the entire traffic code, in every state.

are you familiar with the reasonable person standard in law?

really? Cars cant pass bicyclists by partially moving into the opposing lane, The cars were unable to pass me safely?

Partial lane passing of bicyclists is commonplace and legal in a growing number of states. in florida, motorists must just pass with three feet of clearance, not 'change lanes entirely to pass' bicyclists.


Now, i've taken the lane plenty of times on high speed roads and prevented passes when passes were unsafe and there was a reasoanbly compelling reason to operate far left in a lane. i find my self frequently, squarely and unwaveringly in front of traffic as i approach bridge decks or other pinch points, on narrow higway roads.

However, i do not do it for miles on end without consideration of facilitiating a safe pass.


and in that light, I'd really like to see some video of your unwavering use of the center or left tire track of two lane 55mph state highways when there's passing traffic is working out for you. How your personal notions of how to 'share the road' thing works using your purported method.

and im not talking four lane, 45mph arterials and two people riding block. I'm talking solo rider on a two lane state highway.