"Say something"/"On your left" righteousness

Please don't tell me to "say something" or admonish me for not saying "on your left" when I'm passing you with 5+ feet clearance in the car lane, especially if you're riding dead center of the bike lane.

Yes I'll say something if I'd like you to move over a tad, I'm passing you in the bike lane, or it'll be a closer pass. As far as I'm concerned, I'm doing something 50+ cars have already done to you on your ride, only slower and with more space.

For those of you that demand every cyclists who passes you, no matter the amount of space, to declare their act: stop being righteous weenies.

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Permalink Reply by Ernesto Lube on March 8, 2019 at 11:17am

I once called out "on your right!" to a man on the Lake Front Trail because he was close to the dotted line, swerving on to the other lane near Museum Campus... I passed him on the right. He muttered something angrily at me. As I was headed to the tunnel under Lake Shore Drive, my girlfriend was waiting for me there. Said man on a blue Trek bike, almost stopped to argue but he did say to us: You don't pass on the right!

And he kept on riding away.

I think he was drunk.