Allowing for pedestrians/cyclists on country lanes

[dvenman]

yellowjack said:

As for me as a cyclist? Advanced driving practitioners will be pleased to know that I move about in the road quite a lot on quiet, narrow rural roads. Mainly based on whichever side of the lane/carriageway offers me the "longest look" around the next bend, and on the road position that affords oncoming (and following, for that matter) drivers the earliest opportunity to see me

Absolutely - me too. I'm squishy when on a bike and I don't want to get disassembled...

Peter3442 said:

...there seems to a category of driver who not only lacks any anticipation, but is simply blind to oncoming vehicles on narrow roads. Strangely, a lot of them drive SUVs. They don't seem to appreciate that when their car is wider than half the total width of the tarmac it's a good idea for them to slow down to a crawl rather than accelerate towards the unfortunate coming the other way.

I treat this in the same manner as a line of parked cars on one side of the road - I adopt a prominent "this road ain't big enough for the both of us" position while slowing, and when they do the same and I know we're thinking alike, move to allow us to pass each other.