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All of which is entirely negated by drivers just not bothering to look
I totally agree with you, but find it depressing that no matter how hi viz you are, or how assertive, all it takes is someone deciding that their phone is more important than looking ahead
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I think the act of being in a car is quite disassociating so that drivers don't really understand the implications of their actions, and combined with the very particular mentality of London/British 'my car is my castle' drivers it creates a really fucked up situation where they feel entitled to bully and abuse people they perceive as a nuisance. I remember waiting at a junction on my bike and a driver behind me literally pushing me into the road by edging forward against my back wheel-it wasn't until I turned round and stared into his eyes that he seemed to come round from whatever violent reverie he was in and he looked immediately embarrassed (and possibly fearful as I was about to get off my bike and drag him out the car/beat him to death with my D-lock) . I genuinely think he just didn't see me as a real person but just another object to get around like a parking bollard.
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All of which is entirely negated by drivers just not bothering to look
Perhaps, though riding in a central position, away from the parked car, effectively in front of the drivers field of vision would minimise the not being seen factor, coupled with the riders constant awareness of what is happening behind
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skydancer
A general point about getting seen. Conspicuity with more lights and flouro is not the answer, but commonly construed as such by 'cyclists'. And used as a stick to beat cyclists with by drivers who think the rider isn't making enough effort with such artifacts.
It's perspicuity that is key. Achieved by road position and communication...
...cycle training anyone?