Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,193
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
OK, I've thought further. When a close call happens, I try to evaluate the part I played in it and ask if I can do better.
I rarely listen to music on the bike, but at that moment, I was listening to music. Did it cause me to be less aware? It's hard to say for sure, but maybe, and that's enough of a warning to me.
A cycling friend suggested that making a signal of any kind to let a driver know I heard the honk can help, so I'll do that more often than I've been doing.