Admittedly I was only talking about the laws on most roads applying to 40M people. Bike laws vary from city to city and state to state. If it's not safe to pass

Admittedly I was only talking about the laws on most roads applying to 40M people. Bike laws vary from city to city and state to state. If it's not safe to pass, sure, hold the middle of the lane. If the lane is two cars wide, having six bikes span the whole thing is blatantly illegal in a lot of places. So are speeding and blowing stop signs (often done in tandem, going 40mph through a 25mph downhill stop sign). I bike frequently too; I'm not saying that being a minor annoyance for traffic should be illegal, but that each side should just respect the other a tiny bit. Check your mirror before opening your door, stop at stop signs (both parties), .... It's not that hard to have a much safer world.