Survival Tips - Add Yours Here

[bear]

When dad taught me to drive (in 1955!) he had a couple of bits of advise that have stuck over the years. Most important was an oft quoted one above, along the lines that "assume the worst, prepare! While i was learning to drive, he had me relating everything I saw, even had me identifying every car I saw. Just to get me trained to observe the entire environment, even to the extent that if you're following a car, look at the driver and see what they are doing. If they start glancing out windows and in mirrors, safe to assume they want to stop, or turn or do something that may affect you. So far, so good and it's helped me avoid the nasties over the years.
This business about car drivers not seeing bikes is real too. I can't recall when I read it, but it's all about what a human sees as a threat. A car driver wil take more notice of things larger than he is, trucks, busses etc. A liitle less attention is paid to cars and less even to motorbikes, and you don't want to be on a pushbike. So while a driver may look at you, it may well be that he hasn't registered a threat reaction. I agree with one of the pearls above, I seriously doubt if any driver starts a trip looking for someone to crash into.