It's absolutely legal to ride two abreast, and the reason is that it's absolutely safe.
The "character" in the local who wants a prize for knocking down a 50kg cyclist like me with his two-ton car is the person whose joke is likely to kill me.
If you want to get cancer, it's your business. If you cycle, you cut your chances by half. Up to your silly self.
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