I have only my own anecdotal evidence, specific for where I ride. What I’ve learned for visibility and safety when riding rural roads and small town traffic (which may or may not transfer to city riding):
— Street cloths rather than cycling specific looking cloths means drivers see me and respect me more. This includes colors, so I’ve shifted to my outer layer having red. Easily seen, not neon or “sporty.” I wear knickers, which look like pants and “normal” to most, if a little odd, rather than cycling specific. — Be part of traffic to be seen. I get seen and given a wide berth (the whole lane) when I ride in the right wheel track of the right (usually only) lane. This does not apply at highway speeds, only local and backroad speeds. If the bike lane is 3 feet or more, I’ll use it, otherwise I’m in the traffic lane, right wheel. — I smile and wave to every driver, regardless of direction. Interestingly, over time, more people smile and wave back and over time more people are looking for me, sometimes even waving first. This can get tedius with a lot of traffic, so I tend to wave to groups when that happens in summer. With abandon, Patrick -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
