Jo, I'll bring my train whistle next time we ride and blow it at you.

It so goes against my nature, but I'm really working this year on being less judgemental of others. It's so easy to think, "Well, that's not what I would do." That's what really struck me in the original post.

She wondered why the bicyclist might have been doing what she was doing because the OP would not have ridden that road. Lots of rational reasons were given for the bicyclist's behavior. But none seemed acceptable to the OP.

Just because you would not do it, does not make it unsafe for someone else.

Jo, keep takin' the freakin' lane. I like your company.

Veronica