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Airhead
My experience the past fortnight has been that all the competent drivers are now at home and (aside from the professional drivers) only the dangerous drivers are left. So the bad driver frequency per trip hasn’t increased, but there’s nothing else in-between. So many are speeding, and probably 80% or more of the drivers left aren’t bothering to look, let alone give way. Riding defensively is always the way to go, even in my stupid bright leathers.
It’s not just side roads, it’s roundabouts I’ve noticed as the biggest culprit.
Piece by piece my ebay purchases are arriving, and last week I fitted the lower two LED lights. I noticed an improvement in the daytime, where drivers about to pull out or overtake must have clocked the bright light. You can seen on the selfie jacket photo they are still visible in bright sunlight.
After the anecdotal evidence this week, I went ahead and fitted the upper two today but haven’t been out on the road. They’re angled a little downward so shouldn’t dazzle anyone, and all run on an independent switch to the rest of the bike.