On 12/9/2010 11:55 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On Dec 9, 8:43 am, Duane wrote:


Don't you find that people tend to pass you more closely when you take
the whole road and tend to give you more distance when you're somewhat
to the right? That's be my experience for the most part. The maniac
drivers trying to terrorize me are not the norm.

Here's a graph showing the results of one study on that specific
topic. The author says the further he was left, the more clearance he
got. The closest passing happened when the cyclist was furthest to
the right, and they were all in-lane passes, i.e. people who figured
they could sqeeze by without going over the line.

http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/...gplotchart.jpg

Didn't ask YOU for a study, I asked the guy that I was responding to
what he felt personally.

I can google for "college professors are idiots" and get lots of hits.