Originally Posted by
WingSuit
I rely on actually looking, despite my arthritic neck. I was riding with a guy last year, and we needed to go left. he glanced in his mirror and swerved across the lane, right in front of a car. he made it, barely. .
I have mirrors on all my bikes. I would not make a move into a lane without actually looking. The mirror allows me to keep track of what is going on behind me. I would not look behind myself every 30 seconds, but sometimes I look at my mirror that often.
I find it easier to look under my left arm than over my shoulder. It is faster, I don't have to think about not swerving, and it only took about a week to get used to seeing things upside down. Plus it hurts less since I broke a cervical vertebra last year.