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@pascalo
Hmm, all this rant and much of it I agree with, i.e. riding wide and not being ion the way of others, sometimes by riding a bit quicker to get out of the way.
But many times when I see how pissed off people get in the street I am with CHUH_IT on "Relax a bit. It's just riding a bike."
People all make mistakes in traffic. It will always be that way. All I'm trying to do is get home / to work safe, and not kill anyone while doing it.
I mean, honestly, from driving a car and riding my bike I can recall so many situations where I'm thinking "oops, my fault", and I bet that's the same for every other road user.
If someone walks across the road and you have the right to go, doesn't mean that U run them over, does it? It means that you forgive them and make sure U both stay safe?
If I see people doing something weird and dangerous I genuinely worry for them. Especially people that look not very confident on their bikes, and ride slowly right next to the curb, or squeeze on the onside of bendy busses even though they risk being kicked into the kerb.
Two or three times I tried to tell people at the next red light that they've done soemthing dangerous to their lives, but istead of "Yeah, right, I better don't do that one again" all I got was "that sucker tried to press me into the kerb", even though the risk was definitely self inflicted.
All I'm trying to say is: Safety first, for everyone, then traffic laws, manners and who's bike is looking better and all the other codes of the road.
Edit: Thanks jonny.