[Tobra]

When you have a big speed differntial, it raises the stakes, so to speak. I would think, just from a standpoint of self preservation, cyclists would have the sense to stay to the right, but often as not, they don't. I have seen clots of cyclists on roads with no shoulder and 50 mph speed limits. I have seen groups riding on the winding levee roads that was straight up dangerous. If I got a flat on a road like that, I would be buying a rim rather than try to change it there. Just because you can, does not always mean you should

I pay attention to what is going on when I am driving. I often think this is the exception, rather than the rule. People driving, on the phone, texting, weaving along. I am lucky, there are miles and miles of good bicycle trails around here, both paved and un paved. I have commuted by bike before, when I lived in San Francisco, I tried to choose my route to minimize my interaction with cars, rode in Golden Gate Park as much as I could. Lived a block N of it for a few years and a few blocks S for a few years, used the park as an expressway.

There are some crazy folks out there. You can't tell which ones by looking, so I stay as far away from all of them as I can.