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if feeling psychologically safer makes you ride, all the better.
The drawback is the lure sense of security thinking what you're wearing will make you safer, as opposed to riding in a manner that enable you to be seen properly by others.
Wearing a helmet make some people feel psychologically safer, but doesn't necessary mean you're actually safer.
Which beg the question of whether the person will feel more or less inclined to look behind before they signal, much like people who stopped looking behind after having a mirror on their bicycles.
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a lot of safety stuff is as much for the rider as it is for the driver behind - if feeling psychologically safer makes you ride, all the better.
This, too.
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@bashthebox
All that's necessary for riding a bike is you and your bike. And some clothes, preferably, but I'm not that fussy. To make the experience better there's other things you can use. How far is too far? God knows, but a lot of safety stuff is as much for the rider as it is for the driver behind - if feeling psychologically safer makes you ride, all the better. Apart from mirrors. Anyone riding with a mirror is one of satan's minions.
Not sure this is a product I'd use, but from a technical point of view - would it be possible to have a basic accelerometer to activate it? So that a flick of the wrist out to the side would make it work, rather than the angle you hold your arm at. Mind you it might then be switched on by small bumps in the road.