Originally Posted by
italianstallion
Thus why at lights I pull up beside cars rather than directly behind them. A car-sandwich with me in the middle is not my idea of a good day
I'm the opposite. I always pull behind cars. I'd much rather be BUMPED by a car coming to a stop at 5 mph, than right hooked and dragged by a car who is completely oblivious. Plus, I don't like passing cars on the right while they're stopped, and drivers hate it when you do that. Sure, I could stop beside the car instead of passing it, which is what I do sometimes if I don't have time to pull behind the car, but I don't like stopping at seemingly random (to drivers) places.
Of course, if there is a bike lane, I'll just follow that all of the way up to the light. Which is exactly opposite to what I said above.