Do you find yourself driving your car like you ride your bike?

[Grog]

I notice that my partner and I drive a lot on the roads we ride on, even when it's not the fastest way to go (by car).

This being said, I increasingly prefer riding my bike than going around in a car, and find it safer. I see traffic going a lot faster in cars, and a lot more opportunities for accidents. On the bike, I know very well at all time where all of my body parts are and how they are located in relation to moving objects and people in my vicinity. In high-, fast-traffic areas with lots of cars changing lanes to go in different directions, I feel that there are a lot more variables to be cared for, and a lot more that is outside of my control.

Am I weird or does anyone relate? (Making the two of us weird.)

[jobob]

I used to reflexively reach down as if I were going to shift my barcons as I was driving up a steep hill.

[crazycanuck]

If i biked like i drove..umm ha haaa..

I can say however i'm getting very very good at spotting cyclists ahead whilst driving.

[OakLeaf]

wow, that's interesting, because motorcycling tends to make people so much better car drivers. I guess the speed makes all the difference (i.e. learning where to look) between what you learn on a m/c and what you learn on a b/c.

I'd have to say no.

As far as lessons the other way, I know that motorcycling definitely made me more aware of lane positioning on a bicycle, taught me where to look, and helped me learn to lean further while cornering (even though the body positioning is TOTALLY different and I'm still adjusting to that).

[Andrea]

I did a weekend of criterium racing with some very aggressive riders (they occasionally lean on/towards you to try and make you back off so they can take your place in the pack). Sometime during the next week, I was in the right lane next to a large Suburban. Driver (on the phone, of course), started to move towards my lane/car, and I instinctively sped up & moved to the left side of the lane... towards the SUV My SO had to remind me that I can't "shoulder" an SUV with my Honda Fit... no matter how hard I try

[indigoiis]

I think I am a safer driver because I ride.

First of all, when you are in a car, you are going so much faster! Whoa!

So I have been driving pretty slowly lately. Likely saving gas.

I think I am also much more aware. In a car, you can't hear approaching cars, or other telltale signs of something happening. You are isolated. When I used to drive to work I'd play the radio, loud. Now I can't bear to have the radio higher than a low drone. I crack my window so that I can "hear." It's disconcerting to be in a box!

I was walking this weekend with my MIL at a streetfair and as she walked behind, I kept pointing on the ground - tree root! curb! stairs! - funny.

[Aggie_Ama]

I think I am more sensible on country roads. I used to speed a lot but now I know there are likely cyclists, I take me time. I am more aware of pedestrians and cyclists when I am in a car now.

My Dad is a better motorcycler than driver. Oh lord I will ride on the bike any day but it is pure terror in the truck!!

[lovelylibrarian]

I can say however i'm getting very very good at spotting cyclists ahead whilst driving.

I am too. I notice cyclists in general much more than I ever did and go out of my way to make sure not to drive too close or move into the bike lane.