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Old 27-01-10, 02:08 AM   #65
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Default Re: Scary statistics for bikers in Wales

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Originally Posted by Red Herring View Post
If the junction is to the nearside get out on the crown of the road (or further still) to give yourself as much room as possible, if to the offside then be ready to stop and start eyeing up gaps in the nearside hedge (I kid you not).
There is actually a secondary reason for moving over quite apart from giving more room, it vastly increases the chance of you being seen.

I don't have a link to the study but its been found that we are very bad at 'seeing' anything that is on a course to pass just slightly in front of us, just the act of moving from the centre of the lane to the outside (or nearside) could just be enough to alert a driver that you are there.

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