Originally Posted by
hule
u know when you are touring you have to travel city to city by bike, the best way would be by highway, now if you get hit by a car at highway speed you are dead. how do tourers stay alive? do they use the back trails and suffer, the back roads are pretty rough and bumpy and will slow you down. another solution would be an ebike. but you need to recharge, so a gas bike would be better. or a car, it is safer, you won't get hit and instant deathed.
Be predictable, be visible. If a driver can see you they'll avoid you if at all possible. If the road has a speed limit of 65 and you're riding near the edge of the road wearing clothing that blends in (I have seen people cycling in the forest wearing camouflaged jacket/trousers and a dark green woolly hat) the chances of not being seen until it's too late to avoid you increases markedly.
Last time I went on a long ride it started raining, and so the four of us stopped to put on our waterproof tops. Mine was bright yellow, another was bright orange, another was bright red, another was bright blue. You'd have to be literally blind not to see four cyclists in such vivid coloured tops, especially when the backdrop was trees.