Using Mirrors . .

[welsh dragon]

no

 

[400bhp]

Bell

The end

 

[uclown2002]

No No No

 

[welsh dragon]

No No No

YES YES YES. Sounds like when harry met sally.

 

[400bhp]

Can you use your voice?

 

[welsh dragon]

Can you use your voice?

I am sugar

 

[400bhp]

HUH?

 

[welsh dragon]

I say yes to mirrors and bells. Anything that can get you noticed and help you to make others notice you. It is an individual thing and everyone is different.

 

[morrisman]

Yes
On a door
In a church
Not on a bike.

Or on the ends of your legs

Or on your bike

 

[Twelve Spokes]

Can you use your voice?

Oooops,I did tonight.It went like this "FERKING CONCENTRATE" as loud as I could shout.

 

[potsy]

No

Yes

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

If mirrors are being used as safety devices by the ones who use them and are pushing them as being necessary - I assume you using the massive ones that are positioned up nice and high like on motorbikes / scooters, so you can see past your shoulders and body. Or are you using the pretty useless minuscule ones that give a false sense of safety? And I wonder if you do less shoulder checking or lifesaver checks they call them on motorcycle tests.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

A mirror does not replace the need to shoulder check in any circumstances.

From here....

http://www.bikesense.bc.ca/ch4.htm

 

[Dogtrousers]

I find bicycle mirrors a bit shaky, but perhaps I've used the wrong ones. Where I have found them useful was when touring, and trying to ride in front of a slower rider and keep a constant shortish distance ahead to keep them company on a long hill.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I have tried to find research papers to see if cycle mounted mirrors do improve safety or disprove, I just can't find any.

The nearest I found was a Dutch survey on moped mirrors which concluded that mopeds used in built up areas simply didn't need them and as such recommended keeping dutch laws as are. I.e., they only need them at point of sale and not when used on the road.

Interesting