BentMikey
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Hearing will let you hear a vehicle behind you. It can't tell you definitively that there isn't a vehicle behind you. Look behind, don't rely on listening.
Benefits of wearing a helmet
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Hearing will let you hear a vehicle behind you. It can't tell you definitively that there isn't a vehicle behind you. Look behind, don't rely on listening.
Mark82
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Tbh we all have our own opinion as to wearing one, safe, unsafe, stylish, unstylish, your choice your life I don't understand why people are getting so (aggressive isn't the word) but so hi rate about this issue, I wear one because I feel that bit safer wearing one and it doesn't look stupid, all I know is I'll always year one from now on and I'm the only one who counts when it comes to wearing my helmet 
hackbike 666
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Tbh we all have our own opinion as to wearing one, safe, unsafe, stylish, unstylish, your choice your life I don't understand why people are getting so (aggressive isn't the word) but so hi rate about this issue, I wear one because I feel that bit safer wearing one and it doesn't look stupid, all I know is I'll always year one from now on and I'm the only one who counts when it comes to wearing my helmet
It's like that on here...some people are so up themselves they think they know it all.
Actually looking behind is dangerous. It unbalances you a little and it takes you view of the upcoming traffic and potholes. I have seen people crash simply doing it.
Which is why many people only do it when necessary (which, of course, includes before any manoeuvre). They rely on a mirror or hearing to anticipate danger from the rear or to plan for a manoeuvre. They then check it out for real by glancing over the shoulder. Safety is about balancing risks.
As as someone just intimated - there is a lot of unbalanced risky talk here!
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
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- South London
Nonsense. Looking behind you whilst riding is a basic cycling skill. If you can't do this, then you most definitely need to spend time working on this, sooner rather than later.
Hearing can't tell you if it's safe to move out, because not hearing a vehicle doesn't guarantee it's safe to move out.
Hearing can't tell you if it's safe to move out, because not hearing a vehicle doesn't guarantee it's safe to move out.
You didn't read what I wrote BM. And do you expect such patronising abuse to be useful?
marzjennings
Legendary Member
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- Houston, Texas, USA
Never rely on your hearing to anticipate danger. Always always look. There's nothing dangerous about looking behind you, but if someone lacks this most basic skill then a mirror may suffice.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
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- South London
Are you trying to refute that looking behind is a basic cycling skill that everyone should already have mastered?
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Absolutely, if you can't look behind you without wobbling around the road you should start practicing now.
Find an empty road or car park where you won't be a danger to yourself and others.
No. Are you refuting anything that I actually posted?
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
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Ah, but never lose the skill of the deliberate wobble, at least that's what call mine now
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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Neither worth the effort of introducing and enforcing new legislation; both worth the effort of getting stuck into a lively forum debate.
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
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- South London
If it's a basic cycling skill, then it's hardly dangerous.
I've got good hearing and bad depth perception. I can tell what speed cars are going at by listening to them better than I can by looking, so don't knock hearing. It serves me well on a windy country road that's on my route too, I can hear cars long before I can see them.
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