The issue isn't with legally slowing down traffic, it is with illegally doing so. You seem to feel that you have the right to slow down traffic whenever you wish because the law gives you the right the be on the road.
Transportation code chapter 545, section 256:
§ 545.256. EMERGING FROM AN ALLEY, DRIVEWAY, OR
BUILDING. An operator emerging from an alley, driveway, or building in a business or residence district shall:
(1) stop the vehicle before moving on a sidewalk or the sidewalk area extending across an alley or driveway;
(2) yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian to avoid collision; and
(3) on entering the roadway, yield the right-of-way to an approaching vehicle.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
You can argue that this may not apply, depending on where you are 'entering' the normal lanes, but I suspect that #3 can be applied most anywhere and certainly applies to other conditions such as Stop signs, Yield signs and Traffic signals of all sorts.
This may also apply:
§ 545.401. RECKLESS DRIVING; OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person drives a vehicle in wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
I am all for using the same roads on my bike that I use in my car, and most definitely do, but if you wouldn't pull out in front of a car in your car, then I sure hope you wouldn't do it on a bike. If you are the type to do that in a car like so many others are... then please go take a defensive driving course.
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