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Because if I'm less than a car length from the vehicle in front, it's (hopefully) obvious that there's no point trying to overtake, because there's nowhere to go. If the gap opens up to two or three car lengths, then I get perceived as a cyclist who's not keeping up with the traffic flow, so the driver behind is likely to start thinking about how/when he's going to get past.