Originally Posted by
homechicken
No, as I stated, my job doesn't allow for it. I drive anywhere from 15 to 180 miles a day for my work. I'm just giving a perspective from a non-bike commuter. Everything I said about how I think a cyclist should behave in traffic is either the law here or at least how I would behave if I were on the road with motor vehicles. I'd rather yield my right of way than be dead because I tried to assert my right to go before that 3000 pound car. Being legally in the right won't protect you from broken bones or death at the hands of an ignorant or rude driver. I yield multiple times every day to other motorists that don't have the right of way simply because I'd rather be inconvenienced than in an accident. You'd better believe I'll accquiesce to them if I'm on a bicycle. I wouldn't like it, but I'd get home in one piece.
Nobody here would suggest playing chicken with a car. But the reality of the situation is that being on a bike requires a whole different outlook on the road than being in a car. Yes, a bike has "as much right to the road as" you do, even more than that, they are often legally required to be on the road.
When a bike is taking "the whole lane when there's no reason for them to" they may be avoiding the door zone of parked cars, or maybe that stretch of road has poor conditions on the shoulder, etc. Or, maybe, they feel that the car behind them is being squirrelly, so they are blocking that car from doing something dangerous.
Not sure what your interest is in this forum. Hopefully it's to educate yourself. Maybe I'm picking up a tone that isn't there, but you seem to be trolling.