Originally Posted by hhnngg1

I doubt moving left as much as possible when there's a 5ft shoulder will increase your safety on a bike. If anything, it maddens the cars and some of them will intentionally buzz you to push you into the shoulder.

If you want to truly take space to prevent this squeeze you have to go INTO the traffic lane and completely block it so there is no squeeze possible. Otherwise, be prepared to be squeezed (dangerously) in the majority of situations when the car can't go into a 2nd left passing lane.

I see riders doing this left-shoulder hug all the time on my rides and it's absolutely no safer. You're better off riding in the shoulder, away from the cars. (Yes, I know there's more debris, crud on the road, and sometimes you can't ride in the shoulder due to it, but otherwise if it's rideable, go as far right as possible AWAY from the cars.)