Originally Posted by
Lightingguy
You may actually have been helping create a dangerous situation by positioning your bike "as close to the curb as can be". That goes against what VAPOR suggests which is to be visible but also to position yourself so that you are part of traffic - or "Correct position in traffic lanes". By riding against the curb, you allow motorists the luxury of assuming that because you are not in or in close proximity to the lane of traffic, you are now out of sight, out of mind. The cyclist riding with you seemingly assumed this as well and had you been better positioned in the road, that cyclist might not have taken the luxury of riding alongside you. That's not to say he/she wasn't an idiot, but you need to think about how you use the lane.
My $.02
Steve B.
Well, I am posting to get your $.02
It is difficult to precisely describe a situation. We have here sort of a rule for cyclist and cars to leave a distance of 3 ft between car and bike and 3 ft to the curb.
I would not dare to go over toward center of the road because there have been numerous instances where a car passed from behind with another car coming from the front. I may be doing 15 MPH or less as were the cars are doing 30 MPH or more. The Idea to BLOCK the car from behind may be not sound advise given my experience. Definitely not on a country road. You will not live long.
The cyclist in my post above knew he was going against traffic. I suspect he does that often and it bothers me because he leads other people.
Please observe that I mentioned parked cars also plus the 3 ft rule (dooring!).