Originally Posted by srsly

seems to be quite a few positive stories this morning so i thought i'd share. this morning on my way to work a person in a Volvo let me draft behind them. the last part of my commute is through downtown and there aren't any bike lanes on my route so i'm frequently around cars. the last leg is on a two-lane-each-way thoroughfare that i'm on for a little over a mile. i come on to this road from a decent downhill and i always just make the light, so i'm usually going pretty fast when i get on it.

about a block after i turn i'm doing about 20mph and i come upon a volvo in the right lane. i give them some space but they aren't speeding up. so i speed up a little bit and they speed up a little bit so i get right behind them and tuck in about 2 feet behind their bumper. i swear i saw them smile and we eventually got up around 25. they let me do this for quite a ways before we hit a red light and they had to turn.

the whole time i had this huge grin which i'm sure they saw. initially i thought i might be spooking them being so close but they easily could have pulled away. i really appreciated it, so thanks Volvo driver.