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To your point, I have ridden literally thousands of miles, and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve witnessed a car run a stop sign or red light. But in nearly every ride, countless cars veer out of their lane and into the shoulder, especially on left-hand bends.
I will usually risk hugging the shoulder on long straight roads with good visibility, the feels like the best mix of personal safety and sharing the road with others, but never take my chances in the twisties. I want to be seen.
I’ll keep over to the left when there’s a shoulder that’s wide enough to act as a bike lane and there’s no cars parked in that shoulder for a long stretch. And on roads where the lane is extra wide and a car can comfortably pass me at well over 1 metre gap without leaving the lane. If neither of those is true, keeping left really doesn’t help with “sharing the road”, because others can’t overtake safely. The only thing it does if I keep left is to make drivers think they might be able to squeeze past without leaving the lane.
To your point, I have ridden literally thousands of miles, and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve witnessed a car run a stop sign or red light. But in nearly every ride, countless cars veer out of their lane and into the shoulder, especially on left-hand bends.
I will usually risk hugging the shoulder on long straight roads with good visibility, the feels like the best mix of personal safety and sharing the road with others, but never take my chances in the twisties. I want to be seen.
I’ll keep over to the left when there’s a shoulder that’s wide enough to act as a bike lane and there’s no cars parked in that shoulder for a long stretch. And on roads where the lane is extra wide and a car can comfortably pass me at well over 1 metre gap without leaving the lane. If neither of those is true, keeping left really doesn’t help with “sharing the road”, because others can’t overtake safely. The only thing it does if I keep left is to make drivers think they might be able to squeeze past without leaving the lane.