Originally Posted by joeyduck

Despite my list of run-ins with bad drivers I find most drivers give me enough space and are friendly. A smile and wave of thanks really helps from my standpoint.

I do get annoyed when drivers go out of their way to be courteous. Such as in a round about when they have the right of way and I was planning to stop for them. Or when I plan it just right to track stand and not unclip at a four way stop and then they just do not go and insist I go. By which point the several seconds makes me need to unclip and do a hard start.

The other day I almost witnessed an accident in a round about and it helped me understand why drivers yield unnecessarily. I was second in line after letting a guy pass. We approached westbound to a round about and I noticed the car which cleared it to the south was not going, meaning a northbound car was coming down the narrow two way street. The northbound car had the obvious right of way, and was well into the circle and just starting on the arc back in to get straight through when the guy in front of me just kept going. I thought, god this is going to be ugly. Thankfully the car saw the guy and stopped. The cyclist threw up a WTF hand and kept going. I just sighed and shook my head. There is a greater need of situational awareness (know the car is coming and reading the other traffic) and not being an entitled idiot just because you are on the bike lane.