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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (256396)7/1/2008 11:58:29 AM
From: DMaA  Respond to of 793841
 
We judge how far away a vehicle is mainly by its apparent size. The smaller the farther away. A bike's cross section is much smaller than a car. Unless we make a conscious adjustment, our brains which are calibrated to a car's size will tell us a bike is farther away than it really is.

Anyway that's my theory about why drivers so often pull out in front of bikes.



To: Oral Roberts who wrote (256396)7/1/2008 12:18:37 PM
From: Geoff Altman  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793841
 
Riders like that don't last too long, that's just begging to be hit.... I either pass or lag behind anything else is just foolish. Cars doing the same thing is almost as bad...


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