This morning, I was glad I'm not fat I live about 1.5 km away from my school. I don't really like to walk there, so I ride a bike. I usually try to ride as fast as I can (~30 km/h (19 mph) average) to avoid having to spend a lot of time on the streets with cars that often have no respect for me at all - close overtakes are a normal thing here. This morning, about halfway into my commute, there was a traffic jam because someone decided it would be a good idea to send a street sweeper to a place where it's impossible to (legally) overtake it. WTF...? If I had been in a car, I'd have been stuck there, waiting for the damn sweeper to get where I can overtake it. Not with the bike. The Czech laws say I can undertake (overtake on the right) stopped or slow-moving cars, and there was a bike lane right next to the road (just started there at that point). So I took advantage of a bus stop we'd reached to get a bit more space between me and the cars, lifted my front wheel up the >10 cm (>4") curb, and entered the bike path. It's only a short section but it was just long enough for me to overtake everyone, get back on the road, and sprint for the remaining ~300 meters with no one behind me because they were all still stuck behind the sweeper.. I can only imagine how pissed off the drivers must have been. If I were fat, I doubt I could have done this. Thin privilege is getting to school faster than in a car...