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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I have the same right to the road as you. Deal with it.[/quote]

And obligations. Don't forget your obligations that accompany your rights, including the obligation to move to the right when you are traveling below the speed limit and allow traffic to pass so that you are not impeding traffic. [/quote]

The obligation is to move as far to the right as is safely practical.  If the lane is too narrow for someone to safely pass me in it (as is true on the majority of roads in this region), then riding far enough to the right to be passed in lane is not safe, and riding in the center of the lane is safer.

Near where I live there is a road with very wide lanes (and no on street parking) , and there I ride all the way to the right.  Ditto on quiet streets that have no center line, so they are effectively one big lane (though I do ride far enough left to avoid being doored). But on a standard lane that is less than 12 feet, I ride in the center of the lane - between my width, the 3 feet needed to pass, and the width of most motor vehicles, there is no room for you to pass me in lane anyway.  I try to avoid slowing faster moving traffic by "releasing the lane" (going into an empty parking lane) when it is safe to do so (but often it is not - I need room to come back into the general travel lane safely) or simply by trying to avoid such streets, when possible, at least on the uphill.  I can go fast enough on the flat, you won't be that delayed on a 25MPH street if you only are behind me a couple of blocks (that is assuming you only drive 25MPH on 25MPH streets) [/quote]

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