Adjusting approach to conventional road riding

[SpeedyChix]

In addition to the front and rear Dinotte lights I use a glass-mounted mirror. I'll glance back a couple times to let an alert driver know that I see them. If they aren't moving over my arm goes out 8 o'clock and my index finger extended in an effort to "point out" their need to move over. This has been effective.

Waves and thumbs up to all safe passers.

This past week I did chase a guy down. Michigan now has a defined 3' foot passing law. He was pulling a large enclosed trailer and didn't budge an inch. Edge of the trail abutted the white fog line and way too close to my bars. I politely informed him about the new law, "couldn't do it, oncoming traffic"; "pass a cyclist like a vehicle, you wait until it's clear" "you've got the entire "bike lane""That's the shoulder of the road, not a bike lane" To which he put on his head phones and rolled off on his large commercial mower.