I USED to think Road Riding was a risk with the cars trying to Kill me- That is one of the reasons that I took up Offroading right from the start.

Having been back on the road for over a year I realise you can mimimise those risks. Don't use a mirror but before any manoevure on the road- I look behind me- Signal my intentions well in advance and when I do move- I make my intentions completely clear to other road users. Funnily enough on the road bike on the road- I have yet to have any major problems with cars- However on the Tandem- We have lots of problems. Not from behind but The speed of that thing fools a lot of people into misjudging how close we are to them.