[TChad]

The cyclists might have noticed the car in time to swerve off the road if they had been using mirrors. I am a fan of Mirrycle bicycle mirrors. They can be set to pivot if hit, so the mirror moves out of the way and the bike stays upright. A mirror that does not pivot is a safety hazard.

I have learned to ride as if drivers cannot see me. As Andy Grove once said, only the paranoid survive.

[Jonty30]

I’ve always assumed that drivers cannot or will not see me and I rode accordingly. If a car was ahead of me, for example, I always assumed that it would make a next right, so I wouldn’t be caught off guard when it actually made that right hand turn.