Originally Posted by hueyhoolihan

in a perfect world i would want more room. but that would commonly happen to me once per ride.

one thing i noticed is that the road had widened a bit, just before it happened. i think drivers rarely anticipate the narrowing of a bike lane for a cyclist and don't or can't safely adjust properly when a cyclist is forced to move out to the left. (one way to avoid this is to never use any extra and/or obviously temporary riding space.) they treat it as a merge of sorts and expect the cyclist to assure a margin of safety by slowing down or even stopping and waiting for traffic to pass.

of course this ain't gonna happen, so i usually look back and try to make eye contact with any drivers approaching me from the rear. sometimes i'm lazy and just put my life in the hands of the almighty.