Originally Posted by
ChipSeal
If you are continually getting buzzed, you need to move laterally further out into the lane. The greater the speed differential, the imperative this is.
This can work, however, it is not the behaviour that an inexperienced cyclist will adopt. It takes confidence and experience to know how to ride in situations like this. Not to mention the will power to gain that experience and keep cycling before the initial fears subside.
These are good reasons why cycle advocacy and riding technique advocacy struggles
Incidentally, I ride daily and still get "buzzed" on occasion Should I blame me or the impatient motorist who passed me on a blind curve last evening?
Ed