Re: Cyclecraft: Exceptions

Danny Colyer wrote:
On 30/06/2007 15:32, Pete Biggs wrote:

A horn may well be useful for asserting your right of way and assisting your convenience, but you can prevent potential collisions by slowing down or stopping until it is obvious that the driver has seen you.

Not if a van or bus driver pulls alongside you and then starts to drift or turn left, as in the example given by Thweylan.

I don't think it's a good plan to rely on an Air Zound working, being heard, and being acted upon in the right way, to save your life. The priority in these cases is the emergency stop or swerve.

When it is useful is earlier, when you still have a little time, and if the driver responds right you might be able to keep going.

This is a matter of convenience and driver education, but rarely life or death. So I agree with John Franklin that an Air Zound is not going to avert a collision, but I also agree with you that it is useful for asserting right of way. I have one(1).

Colin McKenzie

(1) What it mainly gets used for is amusing children on cycle training courses.


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