• There are many other ways you can communicate so drivers/people behind clearly know what you're doing... and crucially looking behind tells you what drivers are doing.
    Risk isn't increased riding fixed one you have mastered the control skills.

    I don't think this follows. Just because there are other signals it doesn't mean that the signal of stopping pedalling doesn't help. I think lazybeard's point is perfectly valid and straightforward. If you draw the analogy of a standard reaction time test: you'll be much faster to respond to a light that goes from on to off than to a light which transitions from blinking fast to blinking slower. As everyone else has said, this makes no practical difference, since you should be judging distance from distance alone, rather than any signal that the vehicle is gving.

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