I ride about two feet from the curb if there is heavy traffic; if there are cars parked along the curb, I ride about two feet out from them if the tinted glass allows me to see that nobody's behind the wheel; if I can't tell, I try to signal and move out farther; if I can't do that, I say a quick prayer and keep moving.

When I come to a stop sign or red light, if I'm first in line I move to just left of the dashed line separating lanes. This allows the more intelligent (say 2%) of motorists to make a (legal) right turn on red without my being in the way. It also maximizes my visibility to every driver.

When it's time to go again, I check over my right shoulder and move to the accustomed position again as quickly as possible, so the cars behind me are not impeded.

So far this way of doing things has not caused one adverse reaction.

It's too bad motorists and their passengers are so delicate they need glass tinted almost black to shield them from the sun. It would make life easier if I could do better than guess at occupied cars. There's a law in Missouri that the driver's window cannot be that dark (it made the police mighty uneasy, too), but that doesn't help with out-of-state cars--and Kansas City is on a state boundary!