Re: New Bike aware adverts campaign
 

It reminded me of the old bike awareness ads,

Think Once
Think Twice
Think Bike

But agree with a few others in here that he could have picked a better line, a foot or more to the right , (thats what i do, think junction think car think safe)

I haven't seen it yet.

Is there a consensus on what a correct line is? FWIW I don't slow down but I do move over to roughly the middle of the road (assuming of course that it's safe to do so) and also try to establish eye contact with the driver of the car that's approaching the junction or waiting there to turn out. I don't slow down coz I think it could give the wrong impression - i.e. that you're slowing down to turn.

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Re: New Bike aware adverts campaign
 

I don't understand why we still don't push this method. That extra split second to actually think "was that a bike ?" could make all the difference.

BUT I am a firm believer that to some extent you make your own luck when out on the road. I know you can't account for complete idiots in larger vehicles, but the rider (that's you and me) shouldn't put themselves in a potentially dangerous situation, and should be looking ahead for potenial hazards, then react to them.


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Or slowing down to let the driver out of the junction - I've been in that situation before!

It's one of those judgement call situations because no situation is the same.

I'll either slow down, speed up, move in, move out (though not shake it all about!) depending on the approach - one thing I always do is cover both brakes with fingers and toes.

the most astonishing thing about this is:-


IT'S A SENSIBLE POST MADE BY GUY0WEN

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