Originally Posted by
chadwebster
I ride against traffic because i can then see if a car is too close to me, is swerving around or doing anything that could harm me, and this in turn gives me at least a chance to get out of the way vs not seeing anything at all and just getting hit(potentially) when riding with traffic.
Here's the flaw to your strategy (which was mentioned earlier by another poster): by riding head-on into traffic, you just increased the amount of force that will be used when you do get involved in a crash and reduced the amount of time to assess/react. And if you are doing this on sharp curves...
And I'll reiterate something that I said earlier in this thread as well. Everyone in the US is basically programmed to do one thing (okay, make it two) to avoid an accident- slow down/hit the brakes HARD and get out of harm's way as fast as possible. Which means they are headed for the shoulder, curb, ditch... basically right where you are at. And if you veer to the right when travelling head-on, you're gonna end up further out into oncoming traffic.