Road Position

[theclaud]

Which probably began half way through the op.

Must work on my attention span......

That's a charitable conclusion...

 

[totallyfixed]

He was being polite

What I meant was

 

[Thomk]

I ride a lot of country lanes. The stretch I am most perplexed about is 2 miles of narrow, hilly winding road which is mostly centred by a solid white line. If I hug the left almost all cars pass fairly close while trying to stay within the white line. If I take a more natural secondary position it encourages more drivers to cross the white line while overtaking me, giving me more room, but a few drivers pass even closer as they seem to be desperate not to cross the white line. I don't feel riding in primary is an option as I'm far too slow in some sections and it would wind people up, and hold them up too much. Solutions?

1. Find an alternative route
2. Educate drivers better
3. Put up with it
4. Find a safer way to deal with it
5. Other?

I believe the Highway Code says that drivers shouldn't cross the solid white line if overtaking a cyclist doing more than 10mph but everyone does. I think solution 1 may be the best. BTW at the moment I tend to ride it in a natural secondary position and move left a bit if being passed too close and then back to primary.