I understand when someone yells at me to ride on the sidewalk or in the bike lane (if the sidewalk or bike lane actually exists, because I've been yelled at to ride on the sidewalk before when there wasn't one) because there are a lot of misinformed people driving around, but what does it profit to tell me not to ride in the street if there's no sidewalk or bike lane?  Where else is there to ride?  I don't understand it.  Of course, this brings me to the topic of the anger of motor vehicle operators being misdirected at cyclists, but I'll save that for another day.