> > > > Facts are, bikes *are* practically invisible to the rest of the > > motoring public, and a cyclist has to be at 110% attention at all > > times. As Frank is an excellent example of, even then you > stand a very > > much higher incidence of having a traffic accident than a motorcar. > > That's not true for experienced, careful riders. In the UK, > they have a much lower incidence of accidents. When they do > have one, they are sometimes able to reduce the effects by > the actions they are able to take before the collision occurs. >
Touch wood, I've never had an accident on my bike, although I'm not as experienced a rider as Frank, obviously. However, I used to cycle 8 miles each way to & from work in Central London, so there's a lot of traffic to deal with. I suspect that one of the best bicycle safety precautions you can take is to know how to drive. That gives you (or me at least) the confidence to position yourself correctly in the road, to be able to predict reasonably well what drivers are likely to do, or not do, and to be able to read the traffic. However, as Frank has demonstrated, it doesn't always work. Bob
