Originally Posted by Leisesturm

I think it is fair to say that a majority of cyclists feel like they must control when and how cars pass. They feel threatened and vulnerable when that control is taken away. Given that 98% of cyclists drive far more than they bike, I am surprised that they don't know more about how drivers think! When a driver rolls up behind a cyclist in the lane, that cyclist has single digit seconds, to a maximum of maybe 10 seconds*, before the driver starts looking for a way, any way, to pass. I make it EASY for drivers to pass me, and that strategy doesn't seem to have failed in decades of doing it.

As said I would have been ON the fog stripe and that car would have passed without incident. In a worst case scenario where I was out of any way to proceed, I would STOP and let that car pass without conditions. If I'm in a bike lane and it's dirty or otherwise unsafe to proceed in and there is traffic in the main lane, guess who is stopping, ME. Having to do that more than once would indicate to me that that isn't the greatest road for a cyclist to be on. I get that in some cities there aren't many options for road choice. Moving is an option in such cases. I'm serious actually. But simply doing anything that is necessary to allow the free, unimpeded flow of vehicle traffic, even a single vehicle's worth of vehicle traffic, is a great strategy for having a low stress vehicular cycling experience.

I do not differentiate between 'close passes' and 3' or more (nice) passes. Was I hit or was I not hit. That's my assessment. I'm not insane, I would NOT like it at all if a car blasted past 1' away with a 25mph speed differential, but if they tiptoed by 6"(!) away with ~5mph differential, I'm good with that. Obviously they needed to. They don't all. So, I don't need to keep camera batteries charged or manage SD cards, review footage. Agonize about the close calls. It's all a non-issue. The pass in the video was less than respectful because the driver saw that the cyclist had some room to move over right and didn't. That's not most drivers, but it is (obviously) some. You can tell in a nanosecond which driver is chill and doesn't need to pass yesterday. And you can also tell the converse!
*[Edit]: it's actually worse than this, the clock starts when the driver becomes aware of you, they are mentally computing passing solutions before they even reach you.