Lexus in the bike lane

[Duck on Wheels]

I used to wonder why cars cared if I was passing them in a bike lane. My theory is they're jealous/ashamed ... they see us out there doing something fun and physical and outside, and they're in their cars, eating and on the phone and know deep down inside they should be exercising too! So I changed my anger to pity, and now I find it easier to do those squeeze-by maneuvers with a smile.

Maybe it's like all those guys on another bike forum. They had a thread about "most embarrassing moment" and just about every guy said his MEM was the time he got "chicked" -- i.e. a woman sped past him. So maybe that's it, that cars (and their drivers) feel ashamed that they're not the fastest, because that's what they've been led to expect they ought to be.