Originally Posted by
closetbiker
Lots of times drivers see something, but their minds don't register that something is in their path and they better do something or they're going to hit it.
A driver may be sitting at a side street, waiting to enter a roadway, see a rider coming down the roadway, the rider is visible and has the right of way, but go anyway. Same thing with a driver waiting for a left turn or even immediately after overtaking a rider making a right turn in the riders path as if the overtaken rider suddenly ceased to exist. These are all very common scenarios.
Yeah, I hear you. I've got the broken bones to testify to that. It seemed to me that you were saying that being seen wasn't important if some drivers didn't react properly to seeing a cyclist. I was saying that at least seeing the cyclist was the first step, reacting properly was the second and that hi viz clothing was an important part of step 1. At least if he sees the cyclist, the driver's got a chance at achieving step 2 as well.
I think we're saying the same thing.