Originally Posted by
alan s
I don't see anything in that video that demonstrates a bike rider is more visible riding in the center of the lane vs. on the right. In light traffic on a six-lane road, all of the cars easily change lanes to go around the bike rider. I'd stay to the far right on that road, as there is no reason to block traffic.
This term get's tossed around a lot. A cyclist taking the lane is not blocking traffic. A cyclist taking the lane IS traffic.
I was confronted by a shuttle bus driver, several years ago. He kept saying I was impeding traffic so I told him to call the police. I said I'd gladly sign my ticket with his pen. The police came and explained two points to him:
1) A bicycle isn't impeding traffic because a bicycle IS traffic.
2) On a multi-lane road, the bicycle occupying a lane does not meet the criteria for "impeding," since there's another lane open for passing.