Thanks! This was useful. I am getting back into biking after some surgeries, and biking in Jacksonville, FL (at least in our neighborhood) is rather risky. Good to have some more safety tips. You'd be surprised how people drive (or, maybe not). I know a lady who laughed at me when I said I wanted to ride my bike down a certain road. This would never have been an issue in the Keys or even in Columbus, OH. There is a noticeable lack of bike paths here.

Like most of us I am a cyclist and a driver. I think it is important to be empathectic. I mean when I am driving and I see cyclists I look for what is good and bad, for me a big issue is visibility I look for what I have a hard time seeing and try to avoid the clothes or behavior and look for what I can see well from behind the wheel and try to emulate. I noticed on bright sunny days on a road with trees blotching the road with shade and bright sun cyclists become almost invisible in the shade contrast to the bright sun and consequently I ride with a flashing tail light all the time now and it works real well, it washes out in the bright sun but becomes very visible in the shade. My only worry is this syndrome I have heard about people driving into flashing lights like mindless lemmings. As far as altercations between cyclists and drivers as cyclist we have rights but we are at a severe disadvantage with public opinion and physical harm so education and prevention is the best policy. Great video.