Originally Posted by cogdriven

I used to think that everyone who whizzed by me too close was doing it deliberately. Then I noticed that, when I rode to the left of the fog line, I had far fewer close calls and a lot more drivers giving me lots of room. I have since learned that, due to the way our not-designed-to travel-at-highway-speed brains work, a lot of people actually won't see you unless you are right out there in the travel lane. I'm not saying this explains all of the bad driving we see, but if you want to reduce your ratio of close calls, try this experiment. Ride 6-12 inches to the left of the white line whenever possible.