Originally Posted by
UniChris
I'm going to stand by my earlier belief that you simply don't understand the nature of the road, which has two full-lane equivalents in each direction, the left ones chock full of effectively continuous high speed traffic such that passing is impossible, and the right ones empty and not designated for travel except by slow moving vehicles like farm implements and... cyclists.
My first reply and all my other replies in this thread were not addressing the specific situation you described in your OP.
However what I said is still what I believe. If the road it too dangerous to ride on, then you shouldn't ride on any part of it.
That you had one crazy driver try to pass you on what you said was the shoulder will not necessarily make it an unsafe road to me. I've no way to judge that for myself. And usually I'm the final decision as to where I ride.