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I'm not sure riding defensively is always the best thing to do. For example, say you are in a narrow road, and a car behind you has barely enough space to overt
by carlob 12y ago
I'm not sure riding defensively is always the best thing to do. For example, say you are in a narrow road, and a car behind you has barely enough space to overtake you. A defensive rider would move as far to the right as possible to be overtaken, which is very dangerous, while the correct answer would be to ride straight in the middle of the road so that the car driver is not even tempted.
- darkstar999 12y agoI disagree. The defensive move would be to take the whole lane and not give them room to pass.
- mertd 12y agoDefensive riding does not mean running away from cars. Taking the lane when it is unsafe for others to pass is in fact one of the most important rules of defensive riding.
- markvdb 12y agoDefensive cycling 101: disambiguate. Your intentions as a cyclist should be crystal clear to all other traffic participants. Make it very clear the motorist will not be able to pass you.
- kazinator 12y agoYou should signal everything using Lisp S-expressions; no confusing infix where the motorists wonder whether you're being left-associative or right-associative, and what the precedence is.
- Schweigi 12y agoEspecially inside roundabouts its recommended to drive in the middle in order to not give any cars an insensitive to overtake and taking the next exit while you as a cyclist want to take the second next one. Despite driving in the middle it still happened to me when I was younger and I could luckily jump of the bike when the car hit me as he took the exit.
- kohanz 12y agoYou've got a good understanding of how to ride safely, but perhaps a poor definition of cycling "defensively". You're confusing "defensive" with qualities of meekness or lack of assertiveness.