Remember kids... always wear a helmet. (The almighty bikeradar helmet thread)

drivers tend to give female cyclists more space, and you look more obviously like a female cyclist if you're not wearing a helmet - yes it's sexist and lame and it pisses me off that people assume female cyclists need more space but at the same time... that's how things are).

To all females:

It is very naive and dangerous to assume that drivers will give you more space, just because you are female.

I doubt the minicab drivers speeding down fast roads in London, way to close to cyclists, give a shit whether you are male or female.