Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
It is the responsibility of the person doing the overtaking to do so in a safe manner. If a driver attempting a pass has to drive into the ditch (or forces oncoming traffic into it) they are breaking the law, and creating a dangerous situation. That those they are overtaking may be breaking the law is immaterial.
Cool thing is, the OP understands this.
If there is such a law and there isn't in my state but more to the point, then why are many roads too narrow for two motor vehicles to pass without one going off the shoulder and into the "Ditch". The standard approach to these situations is the car stops as far right as possible and the pickup going the other way rides off the road to scrape by.
If cyclists would ride single file as required by law, I could pass without going off the road. Pretty damned simple.
The OP is not the typical driver.
My point is rather simple. Cyclists are their own worst enemy by blocking the roadway when they have not legal or logical reason to do so.