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The other factors is that there's a lots more to just riding in the centre of the lane (or near it), it's about your risk assessment, riding at a certain speed to allow you enough error room, understanding the limitation of certain senario, positioning yourself accordingly to reduced certain risk for example, blind corner, what do you think would be a good solution? drop speed a bit and move further out so you can see ahead.
You can't just smack bang on the centre of the lane and hope for the best as Festus said (although better than near the kerbs and hope for the best frankly).
What about communication? how do you know a drivers is being erratic? so if you don't know, what do you think is the best way to find out?
I know you can do primary position, but you still worried about it, you questioned it, you wondered about whether it's good to teach in cycle training, so why not take the lesson and see how it work for other? working with a trainer isn't the same as teaching yourself how to do it, there's quite a lots of factor to be considered (even an experienced cyclists were surprised to realised certain trait they had were considered risky).