Originally Posted by
will dehne
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!).
The only rule I know of is to ride as close to the right as practicable - not an arbitrary distance of 3 feet or any other number. I'd be amazed if it is different in Illinois; this IS the written law in Michigan, and it was in Illinois last time I looked. It's a RECOMMENDATION to allow a clearance to parked cars when they're present, but I don't think it's written in the law.