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@Sparky
The advice to be assertive is good advice, but I am more than assertive on the road. Like I said, on the fixed I'm overtaking traffic myself, and on the hybrid I tower above drivers and am not scared into the gutter. Thing is, I live off quite a fast-flowing road and have to turn right. Cars approach at 40mph and I'm slowing for my junction. Occasionally they just keep blasting past, and once one car has done it and you've slowed a tad, more tend to follow.
I'm far from a meek rider, but sometimes it just so happens that you get overlooked and the road is way too fast and congested to just muscle out.