an idea to improve your lights, for allround visibility, it does work!! Options

[old dude]

using the plastic ball from a washing liquid dispenser
put it on the headlight as shown it the photo
the light is then is internally reflected around, giving off an an all round light
vastly improving side vision
it,s a pity i cannot provide actual photos to prove it works
but it does!!
if you have,nt got one of these little balls knocking about
just try shining a torch into a plastic milk bottle to see what i am on about
it gives you the principle of how it works
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[Jarl]

Take a CBT. Even if you've no intention to ride a motorbike, it really helped my cycling safety; saved me from wiping out twice, so definitely paid for itself!

To quite a large extent, you will be pulled out on and abused by other motorists, and you have to deal with it. Never take the inside lane on roundabouts, never go further than the second exit on big roundabouts, don't hug the kerb ever, but especially not at junctions (because people WILL pull out), practice emergency stopping and swerving (counter-steering especially), assume everyone is an idiot*, never undertake anything (and expect people to turn right as you overtake them), don't use cycle lanes (due to the undertaking), expect people to open doors in your face, don't be afraid to drop the bike, jump and flop if you really need to; know your limits, so if someone pulls out "yes I can stop", then stop, or "no I can't stop", so swerve, or "no I can't stop, or swerve because the opposite lane is busy"... and at the end of the day, if the SHTF, just think; is there any way you'd rather die? Certainly prefer to go on my bike, trying to bunnyhop some idiots car than from heart disease....

This isn't the be all and end all, but it's the stuff that happens to me most often while urban riding... nearly piling it into the side of some idiots car/van/bus 4 times in 3 months at bath is a testimony to the skill of the average driver (though the bus was a bit my fault... )

* you get proved right on this one FAR too often

[Carnage]

Take a CBT. Even if you've no intention to ride a motorbike, it really helped my cycling safety; saved me from wiping out twice, so definitely paid for itself!

+1

I can't stress how much it helps to use defensive riding techniques when out on the road.

I got all my hints from Bike (motorbike, that is) magazine which a few years ago had a very helpful section on different situations like approaching side turnings. Want to do a Bikesafe course as well (when I get back on a motorbike).