Cycling and Risk Taking survey

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I generally operate on the "the farther you are away the lower the risk". So safely jumping the lights and getting the hell away is better than still having to pass the truck but now whilst it's moving.

Some say Seb Lukomski would still be alive today if he had done exactly that! (Jumped the lights and got the hell away).

If the truck goes into reverse, the reversing lights come on, giving you a fair option to move before it does so. The lights come on before the clutch is even engaged. Even then, if this is a mistake, the driver is very unlikely to shoot back a great distance. A slight jink backwards is enough to make a driver aware of their mistake and disengage. As long as you aren't foolish enough to sit six inches off the back of the truck the risk is almost negligible.

As for a driver coming up behind you and smashing you into the back of the truck. I haven't done any research on this but I think you are more likely to get nailed on an RLJ than that happening. Just because something works, doesn't mean it's right or safer.

Different people have different ideas. I have to ride in a manner that works for me, until I am proved otherwise. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, just that it works for me and only a succession of negative experiences are likely to make me contemplate change

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The truck could reverse by mistake. A driver could come up behind me smash into me and knock me under the truck. I just hate being anywhere near the things and do what I can to get as far away from them as possible. Its my personal preference, has worked for me all these years and is not something I would ever change

an alien might break through the tarmac and eat you as well

RLJalien

an alien might break through the tarmac and eat you as well

I hate it when that happens!

Romeo Dun!

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question 2 asks if I have a license to drive, which I don't, but question 3 gives me no option for not having driven anything other than a bike on the road.

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Done. Completed most of it then saw the reference to commuting which I don't do. My ridings for pleasure / excercise only

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Done. Very interested to read the analysis when it's complete.

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done, interesting survey. would be keen to hear of any outcomes of it.