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How safe is biking with all that traffic?

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Old 14-06.-2007, 06:03 PM   #31
pistole
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Default Re: How safe is biking with all that traffic?

- have notice a few things.

- if you normally use a car as your main means of transport , and then transition onto a bicycle , you tend to be a safer rider as you can appreciate the way a car-driver sees things.

- you really really need to be very alert when you're on a bike. Not seeing a pothole or a well placed rock or a reflector , can send you onto the road and that can really kill you in traffic.

- bright clothing helps. Blinkers in poor light helps even more.

- fatique on a bike can be dangerous as (1) you lose your alertness and (2) you don't have the power to get out of certain situations.

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