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Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
”Safety tip”

With all due respect to the oft-maligned @rydabent, I think he makes an interesting observation that I've not thought about personally.

In any case, though I probably always subconsciously worry about rearward up-coming traffic. I wear a rearview mirror.
Originally Posted by mr_bill
When you are walking?

-mr. bill
Why not?
Originally Posted by pdlamb
Not quite sure how wearing a mirror will prevent cagers from hitting the pedestrian wearing it. Then again, I AM short-sighted!...
Originally Posted by Robert C
...Here is the problem; people just aren't looking for pedestrians. I never had as many close calls as I have started having while walking.

The trouble is that the walk light puts me in the path of left turning cars behind me. It is one particular intersection…
Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
How about wearing a rearview mirror. Like a Take-a-Look? ...
Originally Posted by mc9000
While walking through a parking lot during my lunch break, I caught myself mindlessly looking for my "Take a Look" mirror a few times.

I missed that ability to get a glimpse behind me without having to turn around.

Anybody else experience something like this with a bike or bike accessory tha tyou've really come to depend on?
Originally Posted by wphamilton
Why don't you wear it while walking?
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