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Message: <blockquote data-quote="donner" data-source="post: 1327105" data-attributes="member: 277">A bike, my legal definition, is a vehicle, though. So the bike can be in the lane. I agree that cars should be waved around when possible. I don't want to anger anyone since i know they could hit me and feel nothing more than a bump, but I also don't them to force the issue if i haven't waved them around. We've had cars try to pass up on uphill, only to realize they couldn't make it, so what usually happens? They merge back onto the cyclist and force us off the road. Also, your premise assumes that the vehicle in question is capable of going at the speed limit. One turnpikes and such, bikes are forbidden for that reason, they can't keep up. But on your average city street, there is no such stipulation, so it's no illegal to be going as fast as you can since it's assumed that you are a slow moving vehicle. My bigger point, though, is i don't understand why someone being delayed by a cyclist, or anyone for that matter, can get them so angry that they'd risk another person's life. Tonight is an example. We literally had someone buzz within 2 feet of us, only to slam on the breaks and make a right turn not 40 feet after passing us. Do they really need to risk killing one of us in order to get into their driveway 20 seconds sooner? Cyclists are like motorists, some are courteous, some are a-holes.</blockquote>