I've wondered that myself, so I asked a cycling expert why it was dangerous to ride against traffic. He said a primary reason is that cars are less likely to see you when they are making turns. A driver entering a road will tend to look to his/her left, where cars are coming from. If you're riding against traffic, you'll be approaching the driver from the wrong side, and they'll be more likely to turn onto the road and hit you.
Eric N www.CampyOnly.com CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > On Jul 6, 2015, at 2:27 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Walking against traffic has long been considered safer and I think that many > cyclists see themselves more like pedestrians than vehicular traffic. It > annoys me, too, but I try to explain calmly that cycling against traffic is > in fact more dangerous. I suppose I ought to look up statistics for that > assertion, but it seems intuitively true. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
