Hogging the road

[XMcShiftersonX]

The driver of the car behind me might get a little impatient, but the chances that the driver is enough of a maniac to actually run me over from behind are much lower than the chances of any of the above happening. As for honking, they should keep both hands on the steering wheel, but if they do, it will not impact my descending strategy. My safety is in my own hands and I will definitely let them go by when I feel that it is safe to do so.

I agree with everything you've said. And for the record, I have been descending down a long steep winding two lane road, and had an ******* behind me in an SUV lay on his horn for 5 minutes straight as he followed me. I was by myself and yes it was startling, but I didn't change my position because it's where I felt safest. And guess what? The speed limit was 25 and I was doing 30! Eventually I realized that the guy was being an ******* just to be an *******, as he had many opportunities where the road turned straight, there was great visibility, and there were no cars coming up the other lane, and he still chose to stay behind me with his horn blaring. It was only when a line of cars piled up behind him that he decided to give up his fight and go around. But certainly after that display, I wasn't about to be polite to him, even if I had felt safe doing so.

My question is, we are all using the same roads to get somewhere, what makes someone in a car think they have the right to get there faster than myself? On some roads if you slowed down or stopped every time a car needed to pass, you would never get anywhere! And I drive a car quite frequently. I never have and never would get impatient with someone on a bike. I wait for a safe place to pass and I pass. That's sharing the road.