This isn't exactly a close call, but I think it falls into that category anyway.

A couple weeks ago, my boss and I were talking about my bike commute. I had just come in having nearly hit a truck that zipped in front of me and then immediately slammed on its breaks, and I complained to her that such behavior really wasn't polite of drivers. She briefly commiserated, then said, "But the other day I was really annoyed at some bicyclists. They were really rude."

I listened politely, surprised, since bicyclists usually are quite polite to vehicles several thousand pounds of metal larger than themselves.

She continued: "I was in Concord, and the road is really narrow there, and there's not much of a shoulder, and these bicyclists were RIGHT OUT IN THE ROAD!"

Briefly dumbfounded, since that's just where bikes belong in that situation, I summoned enough wits to ask (as politely as I could), "Where would you rather have them ride, if there's no shoulder?"

"They should ride in bike lanes," she proclaimed grandly.

"Well, yeah! Everybody would ride in bike lanes if they had them, for sure," I agreed vehemently. "Were there bike lanes there?"

"No," she said, "but they should've been in bike lanes."

...to which I had no response, so I went and took my shower, shaking my head as I went. What did she want those fast-moving recreational bicyclists to do, really? Magically create a lane for themselves?