Thanks for the advice, everyone! I guess I shy away from moving into the middle of the lane until I'm almost at the stop sign. I get nervous if there is even one car in the distance. Anyway, I was out for a ride the other night, coming up to a stop where I'd be merging onto a pretty busy road. I looked over my left shoulder and saw a car approaching maybe 50 yards behind me, so I moved into the middle of the lane. This woman deliberately went alllll the way into the left lane to pass me, then swerved back in front of me, missing me by about a foot so she could beat me to the stop sign. I'm hoping this was a rare occurence. She didn't seem like a typical safe driver -- cigarette in one hand, cell phone in the other. I don't think she even noticed when I flipped her the bird, rested my front wheel on her rear bumper and stared daggers into her rear-view mirror while she waited to turn.

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Where did this happen? I have certain things I do at certain intersections that, I feel, make me safer, even if it might slow me down.
This most recent one was when I was merging on the Great Rd from Strawberry Hill by the vet's office. Last week, one was coming up to Rte 27 in Acton from a side street near the library (I never remember road names here - but either Nagog or Nashoba), and the other was a pretty mellow turn in the same area, I think the intersection of Hammond and something else... Sorry haha once I know my routes I forget all the street names!