Originally Posted by B. Carfree

When I'm by myself, this^^^, except for numbers 4 and 9. Oddly enough, I stop at the stop signs (while watching out for motorists behind me since they generally don't stop at them). I also am inclined to wait my turn at red lights unless there is going to be a widening of the road or ending of on-street parking just past that intersection that will allow me to stop taking the lane. Of course, the motorists get equally angry at my presence whether I jump the line or not.

If I'm riding with my wife and she's on her town bike, then it's a slightly different experience. Her cruising speed is sloooow, like 10-15 mph. We'll still take the lane, but if there's a gap in the parked cars she will pull into it unless I over-rule her (and that's only going to happen if there's so many cars both in front and behind that we would be stopping and waiting to get back in with no net gain for the motorists). I stay back from her as far as I can without allowing a car to squeeze in between us. That gives her the illusion that no one is tailgating, since they're on my tail fifteen feet back. She's also much more likely to stop and wait while a motorist backs into a parking place, unless she finds herself in the way, in which case she will pass on the left and I'll follow suit.