I think it helps a lot if oncoming cars slow down a lot, like they do when passing another car in a tight space. When an oncoming car slows down I feel safer pa

I think it helps a lot if oncoming cars slow down a lot, like they do when passing another car in a tight space. When an oncoming car slows down I feel safer passing closer to them, which lets me keep further away from the parked cars. That video, whoof, there is just no space there. It seems like an inherently dangerous place to be. There's no bike lane, so it's just overtaking cars in the same lane, which I don't feel safe doing. Filtering is not common in the U.S. (in most places it's illegal, at least for motorcycles and scooters) so I don't feel safe doing it; people don't expect it so they don't watch out for it. I don't know the traffic conventions in London. If I had to ride on a street like that in the U.S., I'd probably stay in the center of the lane and stop behind the stopped cars like the other traffic is doing. Sometimes I just accept that traffic is slow or blocked. That's just me, though. I get crazy looks from other cyclists when I stop in traffic because the cars in front of me are stopped.