I have a hard time looking over my shoulder
04-15-05, 09:53 PM
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So is anyone physically challenged with the "stiff neck" problem???
I mean sometimes, as we get longer in the tooth, our flexibility is decreased slightly. This calls for making sure we are stretching our cervical spine. It also helps if your neck is not linebacker size...
Just a thought.
I mean sometimes, as we get longer in the tooth, our flexibility is decreased slightly. This calls for making sure we are stretching our cervical spine. It also helps if your neck is not linebacker size...
Just a thought.
04-15-05, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by musclefixer
So is anyone physically challenged with the "stiff neck" problem???
Originally Posted by John Forester
For some time over the last three years I had a painfully
stiff neck, so that I avoided turning my head until the turning was
necessary. The use of the mirror allowed me to know when traffic was such
that turning my head would not enable me to make the lateral movement that
I desired. When the mirror showed no traffic, then I turned my head to
confirm and to signal my intent.
stiff neck, so that I avoided turning my head until the turning was
necessary. The use of the mirror allowed me to know when traffic was such
that turning my head would not enable me to make the lateral movement that
I desired. When the mirror showed no traffic, then I turned my head to
confirm and to signal my intent.
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Originally Posted by Laika
. . . As for the benefits of being seen as you turn your head, I agree, and yet have to say the head turn is the least noticable thing I do in traffic to communicate my intentions. I''ve largely abandoned traditional hand/arm signals in favor of big, broad, unambiguous hand/arm signals, namely a noticable wave to the motorist and then an emphatic pointing motion at the space I'm going to occupy once I move. I've gotten good results in Brooklyn & downtown Manhattan this way...most cars will back off a little, even.
Thanks again for all the advice, folks.
Thanks again for all the advice, folks.
