> car squeezes past you at high speed
many cyclist don't understand this because they are bad drivers
the point of passing a bike on the road is to avoid the danger you as a driver pose for the bike in the case of an unexpected event.
like if the biker falls.
clearing up the way as fast as possible is safer for both.
Doesn't matter who's faster in the end, if that was the purpose, it would suffice for drivers to not respect traffic laws, like many bikers do, for the exact purpose of arriving to the destination sooner.
Of course you are faster if your parking technique involves blocking the road for pedestrian, especially hadicapped people, like this
https://blog.urbanfile.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-0...
or this
https://blog.urbanfile.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-0...
(real pictures in Milan one of the cities where bikes are more popular in Italy and they have become a problem for everyone else)
the point is also that bikers should be in charge of their own safety, if a road is very narrow they are voluntarily endangering themselves for no reason, no other road user should be responsible for your safety more than you!
that also apply to motorbikes, mopeds, scooters etc
which are harder to drive because they rely on the gyroscope effect and only.have two wheels, they do not stand in case of sudden stop, the user can only fall or be shoot forward with grave consequences.
so they should care for their life more than a driver that is protected by the car case.
I wish I could show you the suicidal moves tourists make in my city (Rome) while riding electric scooters, two people, while the regulation says only one person can ride them, in the middle of high speed roads, with no knowledge of how the traffic works in a city they do not know, like it's OK to be idiots trying to die (and possibly ruin the life of someone else who happens to cross their path on a motor vehicle)
Not saying people shouldn't use alternatives means of transport, I do.not drive often anymore, I walk
As a pedestrian bikes are much more disruptive than cars for me, even though I'd like to ban cars from every city center in Italy.
> 40% of non-cyclists in London say the danger of cycling is a significant factor in their decision not to cycle.
people make a lot of excuses when confronted with something that they do not want to do.
if they asked them why they do not exercise they would say that they have no time due to work or that the water of the pool is too cold, but the real reason is that they prefer the couch with Netflix.
we should never take those polls too seriously.