Originally Posted by
urbanknight
Agreed, and cars coming from behind are out of my control. I even stopped using a mirror because it certainly didn't tell me if any of them were going to veer into my lane... even in this case, I don't think I would have seen it in time to do anything about it.....
I never bothered with mirrors for the same basic reason. By the time the car is close enough to make a call about an impending collision, it's too late to avoid it. So for the sake of my sanity I take it as an act of faith that drivers coming from behind will go around me. Doesn't mean I do stupid stuff, it's just that after deciding on the best positioning, I trust the rest to Karma. It's been almost 60 years, and well over 100k road miles, and I haven't had a reason to rethink it.
My bicycling version of the serenity prayer involves the knowledge to manage what can and wisdom to accept what I can't.