Originally Posted by
CheGiantForLife
Best practices for riding with traffic when there is no shoulder?
Find a line where you are highly visible to drivers behind you, and stick to it. If you're diverging from it to the left, signal before you do so.
As a cyclist, I am not an obstacle. I am operating a slower moving vehicle on the road, As a driver, I am required to accommodate differences in speeds between vehicles all the time, and the statutes are very specific in my state that the burden of avoiding the cyclist is on the driver, and not on the cyclist to stay and get out of the way.
It is not unsafe and it's definitely not "borderline reckless" to ride in actual traffic. It's perfectly legal expected activity and like anything else legal done on roads, it can be done well or it can be done dangerously.
Drivers are required to slow down if they can't safely pass, if they don't do so, they are creating the danger, not me.