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How to avoid death in the dark
Cyclist road safety is important to me (I ride a bike), so I spend time looking at relevent websites.
Here is a particularly bad one, it is mostly factually correct, but it seems to advise cyclists to wear Hi Viz to help motorists to see you when they are using a mobile.
Finally says that we can then all enjoy sharing the road as buddies.
The worst thing is that it is written by a cycling body.
https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2019/03/26/death-is-lurking-in-the-dark/
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They seem to have confused fluorescent with brightly coloured, and also think that reflectivity makes things non-breathable, which rather makes me dubious about how much they know what they're talking about generally.
Only dubious?
How to avoid death in the dark - it's easy. You watch out for the bloke in the black robe carrying a scythe, and then go the other way. Simples!
Is this some sort of spoof site like https://southendnewsnetwork.net/
The text started off ok and then went into victim blaming mode -drivers are inattentive; solution make cyclists accommodate this.
Do you really need a 300 lumen rear light? That sounds mega bright to me.
The video - here's a tip don't create a video of 2 rapid close passes and claim the driver could not see the cyclist due to the driver's appalling road positioning and awareness
Always wear a helmet - it will keep you safe unless the driver is trying to unlock their iphone.
It's Brilliant.
It's so bad it's good
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