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Originally Posted by Motofool
At red traffic lights, stop your bike in an angle respect to the lane.
That will give you a perfect view (through one mirror) of the cars stopping behind you and also a way to escape quickly if one of them is ready to hit your tail.
Most of the accidents come from the left front (43%) and a minimum from behind (3%); hence, keep your eyes on the more dangerous zone most of the time, except just before changing lanes or turning in intersection.
It takes less than a second for the picture in front of you to change for the worst (and for some sick reason, exactly at the moment you move your focal point away from there).
If you are riding at 45 mph, any obstacle appearing from under the car ahead of you, is approaching at 66 feet per second.
If a car coming from behind is moving 10 mph above your speed, is closing the gap at 14.6 feet/second.
Just to give you a perspective of the importance of looking at front as much as possible.
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great advice. well written too. i have avoided getting rear-ended twice by using the slight angle trick. you can see much better, plus if you need to GTFO, you are alright lined up to be getting out of the way, not just darting out into another busy lane.