Sometimes I get into a mode where I'm hesitant to take the lane where warranted, and I'm always amazed at how many close passes it generates. Yeah, some drivers won't understand the logic and get irate, but I'd rather have an irate driver who clearly sees me and sees he can't pass me without moving over, as compared to giving a (possibly equally irate) driver an unsafe option that appears like it should work.

I don't know if vehicular cycling lane positioning works with the homicidal sociopaths that drive cars in today's America. It may have worked a few decades ago when John Forester first came up with the practice. I've had too many instances where I've position myself out in the lane to prevent or at least slow drivers down when they attempt to pass, only to provoke highly aggressive and potentially deadly reactions (towards me) by those same drivers.

Your damned or dead either way!

I did think that the stuff at the end was not about riding in a snowstorm was not really necessary, though, and served to only reinforce the perceptions that motorists sometimes have of cyclists as members of a fringe group without common sense. Otherwise, great to see this.

Could make for an interesting Streetfilm. I would point out every traffic violation that drivers commit in front of me during my 25-minute commute. I usually see about one instance of speeding, one instance of reckless driving, AND one instance of running a red light EVERY five minutes. And of course at least one vehicle double-parked in a bike lane every other block.

Really! I'm curious.

I've also thought about documenting my commute to work with video for exactly this reason.