Originally Posted by mozad655

I would never take the lane. In my experience, taking the lane is always more dangerous than not. It provokes dangerous overtakes and dangerous driving. I only take up the minimal amount of space for my vehicle of choice, and let it be up to drivers to judge if they can get past me or not. Never had a problem.

When I take the lane though, drivers are slowed down because of my low speed. The obvious big space that I am taking makes them angry and annoyed. They become extremely impatient. None of this in itself matters to me. But what happens next does; as soon as there is the slightest opening, they race around me as close as possible to get back at me. So for safety reasons, I would not take the lane in this situation or any other for that matter.