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| | *Stay to one side or the other of the car ahead of you. It gives you somewhere to go if you must make a quick exit. | | *Stay to one side or the other of the car ahead of you. It gives you somewhere to go if you must make a quick exit. |
| | *If you're in California, lanesplit. The drunk coming up from behind can't hit you if you're between two other cars. But even then, still pay attention to items # 1 & 2 and get the heck out of Dodge before any impact. | | *If you're in California, lanesplit. The drunk coming up from behind can't hit you if you're between two other cars. But even then, still pay attention to items # 1 & 2 and get the heck out of Dodge before any impact. |
| − | *Run yellow lights (usually). This will help avoid being rammed from the back, but you'll still have to watch out for people making last-second decisions to enter the intersection. Their snap judgement may not include seeing you, and they could turn in front of you. | + | *Run yellow lights (usually). See [[Approaching an intersection]] |
| | *Work on developing your situational awareness: Know exactly where all the traffic around you is located, and constantly update your mental map of where they will (or MIGHT) be in the next few seconds. The only real defense a biker has in a bike-vs-cage collision is not to be there when it happens. | | *Work on developing your situational awareness: Know exactly where all the traffic around you is located, and constantly update your mental map of where they will (or MIGHT) be in the next few seconds. The only real defense a biker has in a bike-vs-cage collision is not to be there when it happens. |
