Originally Posted by Helmet Head

Now I'm inhuman. Great.

I never said I enjoyed it. I just choose to not let it bother me. You are free to choose otherwise.

I would never challenge a truly aggressive driver. I think what passes as an aggressive driver is often actually more tame. For example, I've never been unsuccessful in getting a tailgater to back off with a simple issuing of a slow/stop arm signal. But if someone didn't back off, i would pull over a the curb or in the shoulder, let him pass, and then continue. Unless that happens more than once a month - and I can't recall ever having to do it - I wouldn't call that problematic either.

Just about anything is possible, but I think such interpretations are extremely unlikely. I think what's missing is how natural it looks for a cyclist to be riding in the center of a (truly) narrow lane, and how unnatural it looks for a cyclist to be squeezing up against the side of such a lane. If you are ever in a car with someone else driving who encounters a cyclist hugging the edge of a narrow lane, check out the driver. They often are unsure of what to do. What most cyclists don't realize is the motorist is looking for a cue for the cyclist. I this case, the edge-hugger is saying "go ahead, squeeze on by", yet there doesn't seem to be enough room for that. A centerish position makes much more sense... "he's riding there because there is insufficient room to pass". And drivers don't need any special training to figure this out...