It is very common to hear people driver cars complain about people on bikes taking "the whole lane." I will use two recent videos posted to YouTube from the UK to make the point about why a person riding a bike will avoid riding next to the parked cars.
Listen to this man in the car when confronted about his dangerously close pass (driver is very liberal with the F-bomb):
He states "if you'd had the [effing] decency to ride to one side instead of taking the whole [effing] road ... " and on the rant/argument goes.
However, the man on the bike was completely correct in his position on the road. Here's Another video from the UK of a biker being "decent" and riding close to the edge of the road:
This person on the bike damn near lost his life trying to be "decent".
Footnote, to the hateful driver in the first video, the anger of a person in a steel and glass cage is so unbelievable/unjustifiable. At no point is this man threatened with anything other than having to slow down for a couple seconds. This driver never changed pace. However, this driver has massive amounts of rage to a biker for asking for the right to safely use the road.
So if you are going to demand "decency" on the roads, be decent and respect the lives of other road users - use just a little patience and humanity.
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