If you’re on a bike at a stop sign stopped anyway, and you’ve got cars who have been stuck behind you, why WOULDN’T you offer to let them by? Why do you want them behind you? I don’t get it. If I arrive at a stop sign where there’s room to pull off pulling the horse trailer, I pull over and wave them by me. I don’t want to be followed by ticked-off people.
I think he’s talking about folks who will make a right turn right on top of the cyclist who’s going straight. I’ve run across that scenario where the driver isn’t even using a turn signal, and then I have to stop in order to avoid running myself right into the side of their car or worse. If I *know* they’re going right and they’re obviously not real aware of me, I’d stop and wait, but that isn’t always the case.
As for ticked-off people getting stacked up behind one...that’s why I don’t like riding anywhere without a bike lane or wide shoulder. I don’t want to get smooshed. But a modicum of courtesy on both sides isn’t an unobtainable goal.
Who says I have to let them ALL go by?
If I come up on a car that’s waiting, sure, if I come up on a line of cars that are already waiting, sure, but if I get there the same time and some little blond listening to Brittany like 2 nights ago tries to go around me without stopping that’s a crime and she should have been arrested, not given a ticket.