Originally Posted by Helmet Head

Certainly thinking that we're doing something wrong adds to the aggravation they feel, and learning that we're not doing anything wrong -- legally -- may alleviate some or even most of the aggravation for some.

At the same time, FTR (Force To the Right) laws like CA's 21202 and MBL (Mandatory Bike Lane) laws like CA's 21208 reinforce the notion that we are doing something wrong if we're not riding in the margin (despite all the exceptions in those laws which hardly even any cyclist knows about). And regardless of what the law says, a bike lane just being there demarcating the margin with a bike symbol in it speaks volumes of where cyclists are "supposed" to be (and, thus, are seen as doing something wrong if they're riding anywhere but there).