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This. I didn't get a driver's license till I was in my 20s, but it made me a much more conscientious cyclist, because I understood better what drivers were look
by alisonatwork 4y ago
This. I didn't get a driver's license till I was in my 20s, but it made me a much more conscientious cyclist, because I understood better what drivers were looking for and how they thought about sharing the road. Often as a cyclist on busy roads the safest thing to do is behave exactly like a driver would behave, just much slower. It might briefly annoy people behind you, but it sure is better to cross lanes and merge into traffic as a first class citizen of the road than get stuck in the shoulder and try to dash through a gap.
- ygra 4y agoSimilar here; got my driver's license at 30. The first thing I noticed behind the steering wheel was that drivers in cars have basically zero visibility of their immediate surroundings due to the various pillars. Took me quite a while to get used to. But yeah, it also taught me a lot of things to never do on a bicycle since motorists are likely to not even see you.