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Originally Posted by andrewsmith
That is probably the worse adivce ever given, to you. If your shunted from behind with the in gear (even tho clutched) you'd do a very painful backflip.
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I think the message he was trying to explain to me was that you should be keeping obs in your mirrors even when stationary (or in this guys case, when breaking hard-ish coming up behind someone) to see if the car behind you isn't reacting to the situation (as per the video), that way, you reduce (but not completely eliminate) the chance of being rear-ended. I.e. it wouldn't matter if you had the clutch in if you avoided the crash in the first place!
If that's not good advice, what advice would you give in this situation?
@Speedplay - yeah filtering's not always the best thing to do, but if it's a choice of using available space to either side of the stationary car ahead, or get shunted, I know which I'd choose!
It's all theoretical, and I'm aware that keeping an eye on your mirrors when the car in front has just braked fairly harshly is a bit tricky, but I guess it all comes down to better planning (IN THEORY - bearing in mind I'm not suggesting that I'd have ridden any better than the poor guy in the vid!!)