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The only outfit associated with a significant change in mean passing proximities was the **police/video-recording jacket. **

Notably, whilst some outfits seemed to discourage motorists from passing within 1 metre of the rider, approximately 1-2% of overtakes came within 50 cm no matter what outfit was worn. This suggests there is little riders can do, by altering their appearance, to prevent the very closest overtakes

This is quite discouraging, but it seems to ring true in my experience. I've had quite a few drivers, who have come close to hitting me (even while walking at a crosswalk), claim that they "didn't see me" while I wore high-viz everything and had lights to further improve visibility.

How do we, as cyclists, even deal with “driver blindness”?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've taken the lane even with a bike lane because they frequently put parking on the other side of the bike lane, and I really don't want to get doored.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I take the lane on a roundabout with a bike lane on it, to avoid being killed by turning traffic driving through me

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Why would they put a bike lane on a roundabout? That's just ridiculous.